UN and African Union (AU) ‘solidarity’ mission to South Sudan says that the hope for peace and nation-building remain alive in the war-torn country.
Leading the mission, UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed pledged to be a voice for the people of South Sudan and to work with the international community to ensure the recently-declared ceasefire holds.
Mohammed said: “Hope is a commodity of the United Nations. We have to keep that alive. We can never give up on the South Sudanese people.
“That’s why this delegation is here, to constantly remind the world that these problems are not over, they are urgent, and we need to deal with them now.
“That gives me hope that we are seeing that there is a peace accord that could happen and that is another opportunity for South Sudan to rebirth, and to rebirth in a way that takes concrete steps that includes everyone”.
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