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Welcoming also the reports of the Secretary-General, and expressing grave concern
at the findings in his report on children and armed conflict in South Sudan, 2 and of the
Panel of Experts on South Sudan established pursuant to Security Council resolution 2206
(2015) of 3 March 2015 and renewed pursuant to resolution 2428 (2018) of 13 July 2018,
Welcoming further the signing of the Revitalized Agreement on the Resolution of
the Conflict in the Republic of South Sudan on 12 September 2018, and calling upon all
parties to the agreement to implement it fully with a view to bringing peace, stability and
sustainable improvement to the situation in South Sudan,
Urging all parties to the conflict to fully respect the Agreement on Cessation of
Hostilities, Protection of Civilians and Humanitarian Access of 21 December 2017 and the
permanent ceasefire and transitional security arrangements that came into effect on 1 July
2018, and expressing concern at ongoing violations of the permanent ceasefire,
Noting all relevant decisions and communiqués of the African Union and the
Intergovernmental Authority on Development, and the communiqués of the Peace and
Security Council of the African Union of 26 April and 10 October 2018, in which the
Council, inter alia, re-emphasized its request to the Government of South Sudan and the
African Union Commission to accelerate the establishment of the hybrid court for South
Sudan and called for government efforts to be scaled up in establishing the commission for
truth, reconciliation and healing and the compensation and reparation authority as provided
for in the Revitalized Agreement,
Welcoming the commitment of the Government of South Sudan to cooperate with
the Human Rights Council and its mechanisms, including the universal periodic review and
the Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan, and the Office of the High
Commissioner,
Expressing grave concern that up to 6.2 million South Sudanese people are
classified as food insecure by the International Food Security Phase Classification and that
1.9 million are internally displaced within South Sudan and approximately 2.3 million are
displaced outside the country, according to statistics of the Office for the Coordination of
Humanitarian Affairs, noting that the humanitarian crisis is caused primarily by armed
conflict, deeply concerned by the targeting and occupation of schools and hospitals by
parties to the conflict, commending humanitarian agencies for their continued assistance to
the affected populations, and recalling the need for all parties to the conflict to allow and
facilitate the full, safe, rapid and unhindered access of relief personnel, equipment and
supplies free of unnecessary duties and taxes and the timely delivery of humanitarian
assistance to all those in need, in particular to internally displaced persons and refugees,
based on the United Nations guiding principles of humanitarian assistance, including
humanity, neutrality, impartiality and independence,
Noting the return of some internally displaced persons and refugees,
Emphasizing the inviolability of United Nations premises, and underlining that
targeting civilians and attacks against United Nations missions may constitute war crimes,
Condemning in the strongest terms all attacks against humanitarian personnel and
facilities, which have resulted in the death of at least 112 humanitarian personnel since
December 2013, including 14 in 2018 alone, and expressing grave concern for the civilians
who sought safety in protection-of-civilians sites who have been attacked, killed,
traumatized or displaced, at the serious damage caused to the sites, including to medical
clinics and schools, which were burned down and destroyed, and at sexual and genderbased violence committed against women and girls exiting protection-of-civilians sites,
Emphasizing that States have the primary responsibility for the promotion and
protection of human rights, and recalling that the Government of South Sudan has the
responsibility to protect all of its population in the country from genocide, war crimes,
ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity,
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