US circulates UNSC draft resolution against South Sudan

US circulates UNSC draft resolution against South Sudan

US’s Ambassador to the United Nations, Samantha Power. Photo: State Department/Getty Images

New York/Washington, DC, August 20, 2015 (SSNA) -- The United States on Wednesday circulated a United Nations Security Council (UNSC) draft resolution against South Sudan, saying the resolution will impose targeted sanctions including arms embargo on the violence-wracked nation if Salva Kiir refuses to sign the IGAD-Plus’s compromise peace agreement by September 1.
The move comes a day after US threatened to pursue UN-backed punitive measures against the young nation.
The resolution will slap travel bans on people who stand in the way of the peace. The proposal also requires member states of the international community to freeze assets and funds of individuals who are also believe to be hurdle to peace.
South Sudanese rebel leader Dr. Riek Machar and Former political detainee Pagan Amum have signed the internationally-backed pact on the 17^th of August dateline proposed by the IGAD-Plus.
Kiir refused to sign the agreement minutes after Machar signed the deal, drawing intense criticisms from world leaders.


COMMENT:

Nyangchuor • 19 hours ago

Let arrogant Kiir know there is always a price for intransigence and that this world has other powerful leaders much more powerful than him.

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