Resolution nº S/RES/2406 (2018) of the United Nations Security Council

• Issuer: Security Council of the United Nation

United Nations

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/RES/ 2406 (2 018)

Security Council

Distr. : Genera l

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18-040 40 (E)

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Resolution 2406 (2018)

Adopted by the Security Council at its 8204 th mee ting, on

15 March 2018

The S ecurity Counci l,

Reca llin g it s previou s resolu tions 1 996 (2011) , 2046 (2 012), 2057 (2 012), 210 9

(201 3), 2132 (20 13), 2155 (201 4), 2 187 (2014 ), 2 206 (2015) , 22 23 (2015), 2241

(201 5), 2 252 ( 2015), 23 02 (2016), 2304 ( 2016), 2 327 (2 016), and 23 92 (20 17), a nd

state ments by its Pres ident S/P RST/ 2014 /16 , S /PRS T/2 014/ 26, S/PR ST/ 2015 /9,

S/PR ST/2 016 /1, S/ PRST /20 16/3 , S/P RST/ 201 7/4, and S/ PRST /20 17/2 5,

Reaf firm ing its stro ng comm itment to the s overeign ty, indep endence, territor ial

integ rity, and nation al unity of the Republ ic of So uth Suda n, and recall ing the

impo rtance o f the pr inciple s of no n-inter ference, good-n eighbou rliness, and re gional

coop eration,

Reit erati ng its in creasin gly grave alar m and concer n r egardin g t he politica l,

secur ity, econo mic, an d humani tarian c risis in South S udan, an d subseq uent violence

caus ed by the coun try’s poli tical and mi litary lead ers since D ecember 20 13, and

emph asiz ing there c an be no militar y soluti on to th e situat ion in S outh Su dan,

Expre ssin g deep a larm over th e i ncreasi ng scope of the v iolence ac ross the

count ry, stron gly co ndemnin g arm ed cla shes a nd vio lence involv ing th e Suda n

Peop le’s Liber ation A rmy (SPLA ), S PLA-In Opp osition (SP LA-IO), SP LA-IO

(Taban ), and arme d gr oups, furthe r con demning in the stronge st te rms t he on going

fight ing in viola tion of the 21 Dece mber 2017 “Agreeme nt on Cessa tion of Host ilities,

Prote ction o f Civilia ns, and Humanit arian Acc ess” (the ACOH ), welc omin g th e rapid

asse ssment of these vio lations by the Cea sefire and Trans itional Secu rity

Arra ngements M onitori ng Mecha nism (C TSAMM) , a nd enc oura gin g th e

Inter governme ntal Auth ority o n Devel opment (IGAD ) to s hare re ports wi th the

Secu rity Cou ncil rap idly,

Deep ly regre tting that the p arties have disrega rded its Pr esidenti al St atements

of 23 Mar ch 201 7 and 14 D ecember 2017, most notabl y the prov isions on ad hering

to a perman ent cea sefire a nd allo wing the unhind ered del ivery o f humani tarian

assis tance to th ose in need, and recalli ng the 4 Sept ember 2016 J oint Communi que

by the Tr ansition al Govern ment of Na tional Uni ty of Sout h Sudan and Unit ed Nati ons

Secu rity Coun cil Membe rs and reg rettin g its la ck of imple mentati on by the

Gove rnment of South Sudan,