The Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Commission Chairperson H.E. Festus Mogae will on Wednesday address the United Nations Security Council (UNSC).

The address to be delivered via video tele-conference live from the South Sudan Capital, Juba, is expected to focus on enforcement of the IGAD-led Agreement on Cessation of Hostilities (ACoH) signed on December last year.

 

All parties must respect and comply with the terms of the Agreement on the Cessation of Hostilities (ACoH), Protection of Civilians and Humanitarian Access, as signed in December last year, the Joint Monitoring & Evaluation Commission (JMEC) Chairperson, H.E. Festus Mogae has said.

The Chairperson of the Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Commission (JMEC), H.E. Festus Mogae has on Monday held discussions with envoys in South Sudan. 

H.E. Mogae briefed the envoys from IGAD, African Union, Troika (the UK, US and Norway), UNMISS and the European Union (EU) on the IGAD-led recently signed Agreement on Cessation of Hostilities (ACoH) in South Sudan.

The Joint Monitoring and Evaluation (JMEC) and the IGAD special envoy to South Sudan have on Thursday held a consultative meeting on the latest happening as pertains to the Peace Agreement and High-Level Revitalization Forum (HLRF).

Strong national political party laws will help in the democratic processes of the Republic of South Sudan, the National Constitution Amendment Committee (NCAC) has said.

Speaking when he received submissions from representative of 12 South Sudan National Political Parties on Thursday, the NCAC Chairperson, Mr. Gichira Kibara said political parties are a key component in the democratic process of any nation and “South Sudan is not an exception.”

The National Constitutional Amendment Committee (NCAC) has on Friday received submissions from twelve out of fourteen national political parties towards the amendment of the constitution of South Sudan.

The Chairperson of the Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Commission (JMEC) H.E. Festus Mogae has been invited to participate in the 30th African Union (AU) Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the Heads of State and Government, that convenes in Addis Ababa, later this month.

The High level Revitalisation Forum commenced on Monday in Addis Ababa Ethiopia.

The JMEC Chairperson was among those invited to give the opening remarks at the opening of the Forum. He reiterated on the need for all the Stakeholders to find within themselves a desire to set aside the guns and settle their differences through dialogue and compromise.

H.E. Festus G. Mogae Chairperson of JMEC gave a Statement at the opening of the IGAD Council of Ministers 59th Extra-Ordinary Session in Addis Ababa-Ethiopia on Sunday.

The Chairperson emphasized on the need for the Council to remain united under one voice and to encourage the South Sudanese leadership to seize the High Level Revitalisation Forum as an opportunity to restore the implementation of the Peace Agreement to centre stage. 

 

The full Christmas and End of Year message of the Chairperson of the Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Commission (JMEC) will be aired on Radio Miraya on Christmas Day (Dec 25th 2017) and then released to all other radio stations.

Please log back in on Christmas Day to hear the full recording.

Text and audio versions of the message will also be available on the JMEC website on the same day.

 

 

 

The Chairperson of the Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Commission (JMEC), H.E. Festus Mogae has on Thursday held discussions with envoys in South Sudan.