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Africa-Press – South-Sudan. <\/strong><\/span>The United States of America has said that South Sudan has not yet implemented crucial provisions and reforms provided for in the revitalized peace agreement that are needed in order for the world\u2019s youngest country to conducts its post-independence elections.<\/p>\n

The United States was also joined by the United Nations during a Security Council meeting on Monday to do more to prepare for elections due to be held in less than a year or risk \u201ccatastrophe.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAs I have stated before, elections have the potential to be a nation-building moment, or a catastrophe,\u201d the UN envoy for South Sudan, Nicholas Haysom, told the Security Council.<\/p>\n

\u201cMuch depends on the political will and leadership of the South Sudanese working together,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The US ambassador to the UN, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, said that in order to \u201cwork toward a true democracy,\u201d the South Sudanese government needed to move swiftly to implement the provisions set out in an agreement on revitalizing the peace process.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat means an inclusive constitution drafting process, public financial management reform, transitional security arrangements, and transitional justice mechanisms\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cUnfortunately, the government of South Sudan is behind in meeting key electoral benchmarks\u201d set out in the agreement, she added.<\/p>\n

With a Security Council decision expected on March 15 on renewing the peacekeeping mission in South Sudan for a year \u2014 one of the most expensive on the UN\u2019s books, with an annual budget exceeding $1 billion \u2014 Haysom pleaded for the deployment to remain at current levels of 17,000 troops and 2,100 police.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe anticipate a mandate flexible enough to support the conduct of free and fair elections, upon the request of the government,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

With less than a year until elections, South Sudan, which has been independent since only 2011, risks plunging back into war, the UN warned in February. The youngest country in the world, it has experienced chronic instability since its independence from Sudan.<\/p>\n

Between 2013 and 2018, it descended into a bloody civil war between sworn enemies Riek Machar and Salva Kiir, which left nearly 400,000 dead and millions displaced.<\/p>\n

A peace deal signed in 2018 led to power-sharing in a national unity government sworn in February 2020, with Kiir as president and Machar as vice-president. But the provisions of the peace agreement remain largely unimplemented, due mainly to persistent disputes between the two rivals.<\/p>\n

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