The Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Commission (JMEC) has on Friday met the Constituency Development Fund (CDF) committee of the South Sudan’s Transitional National Legislative Assembly (TNLA).
The JMEC team led by Chief of Staff Ambassador Berhanu Kebede met the committee members headed by the Chairperson Hon. Adeng Leek Deng at the TNLA headquarters in Juba.
The government faces an “economic crisis”, which if left unchecked could lead to a further deterioration and possibly heightened social unrest, the Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Commission (JMEC) has said.
This could negatively impact the Peace process, said the Commission.
The humanitarian situation in South Sudan remains dire with approximately 4.2 million people displaced of whom 2.4 million are seeking refuge in neighboring countries, the Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Commission has said. In its quarterly report covering December 1, 2017 to March 31, this year, the Commission notes “food insecurity is widespread”.
The success of the high level revitalization process is “highly dependent” on the exercise of political will by the South Sudanese parties and their willingness to compromise, the Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Commission (JMEC) has said.
The Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Commission (JMEC) has on Sunday held a meeting with a delegation from the African Union Peace and Security Council.
The Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Commission (JMEC) has on Friday held a meeting with a team from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Sweden.
The team is in South Sudan as part of its study tour to several countries to understand how gender issues are integrated into the United Nation mission’s implementation of its mandate and those of its partners.
The Strategic Defence and Security Review (SDSR) board meeting scheduled for today (Thursday, April 12) has been pushed to next month.
According to the Head of SDSR Board Secretariat, Col. Ufulle Gaaro F. Kenyi, the meeting could not take place due to a quorum hitch.
The Joint Military Ceasefire Commission (JMCC) has on Wednesday held it 52nd meeting in Juba.
The meeting was chaired by Major General Majier Deng.
Lack of accountability measures undermine the effective implementation of the ceasefire Agreement, women organizations representatives in South Sudan have said.
