With the support of 12 members and 3 from voting, the Security Council extends the mandate of the peacekeeping mission in southern Sudan

According to Resolution – No. 2779 – the mandate of the mission known as (Animis) is designed to enhance a multi -year strategic vision to prevent return to civil war and escalate violence in South Sudan, and enable it to address critical gaps in building a permanent peace at the local and national levels.

The mandate of the mission includes protecting civilians, providing the appropriate conditions for delivering humanitarian aid, supporting the peace process, and monitoring, investigating and reporting human rights violations.

The Council authorizes the mission, according to the decision, using all the means necessary to implement its mandate, and the Secretary -General is required to inform the Security Council of any obstacles to the implementation of the state, and stresses the priority to protect civilians in decisions related to the use of available capabilities and resources.

In his surrounding the Security Council last month, the head of the UN mission, Nicholas Heissum, warned that the outbreak of another war poses a threat that southern Sudan or the region as a whole can bear it.

He pointed to the sharp deterioration in the political and security situation that threatens to undermine the peace gains that have been made in the country until now.

Heissum added that he had previously warned of the escalation of the confrontation between the two main parties in the peace agreement, adding: “This confrontation has now turned into a direct military confrontation, which led to the escalation of tensions throughout the country.”.

The war erupted in 2013 between the forces loyal to President Salva Kiir and those loyal to his former deputy, Riek Machar, to end with a peace agreement signed in 2018.