Ms. Ellen Margarethe Loej, Special Representative of the Secretary General and Head of the UN Mission in South Sudan, met this morning with the Cabinet Affairs Minister, Martin Elia Lomuro, to follow up on the recent visit of the UN Security Council. 

Speaking after the meeting in Juba, the SRSG described the discussions as ‘fruitful,’ and said the Mission will continue to cooperate with the Transitional Government to work for peace, justice, and prosperity in South Sudan.

Ms Loej said UNMISS will carry on engaging with the government on the issues agreed upon during the Council’s visit. 

In the joint communique issued after the Council’s visit on Sunday, the government gave its consent to the deployment of a protection force recently authorized by the Security Council, and committed to immediately improve humanitarian access and remove all impediments on UNMISS’ ability to implement its mandate. 

The UN Mission on its part made commitments to inform the Transitional Government of National Unity of all movements and of other details as appropriate.