John
Kerry, who was visiting Luanda today, has shown he is deeply concerned with the
crisis situation in South Sudan. The civil war is going on. It is even getting
more violent, now that talks about talks between the two main opposing parties
are being aired. For the Americans, South Sudan is important. The country has a
large interest group in the US, particularly amongst the Christian
fundamentalists. That´s politically relevant.
The
UN mission in South Sudan – UNMISS – has been politically weak. And it has also
lacked the strength and the will to have a more robust security role. It is
time for the Americans to raise that matter with the UN Secretary-General. And to help
the SG to find the right response to the weaknesses. It is not good for the
UN´s image and work in the region to been seen as unable to have a stronger and
clearer stance on the South Sudanese crisis.
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