RJMEC Calls on Warring Parties To Expedite the Cantonment Process in Sites and Barracks

August 21, 2019 Newsbeat, South Sudan

IGAD leaders during a consultative meeting in Addis Ababa, August 21, 2019(Photo: file)

August 21, 2019(SSNN) — The Reconstituted Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Commision (RJMEC) has urged Parties to expediate the process of cantonment of troops arriving in verified Cantonment Sites and in Barracks.

Speaking during the opening session of the consultative meeting of the Parties to the Agreement held in Addis Ababa on Wednesday, RJMEC Interim Chairperson Amb. Lt. General Augostino Njoroge said “Accordingly, the Parties should give direction and timelines on operationalization of several cantonment sites across the country and in respective States as a start and within the remaining Pre-Transitional Period”.

“Parties must also give direction and timelines on commencement of training centers across the country and in the respective regions, including training of officers identified for VIP protection”, he added.

While addressing the attendees at the meeting, Amb. Njoroge in addition pointed out that the Permanent Ceasefire had continued to hold, and this has resulted in an overall improvement in the general security situation across the country. “I commend all the Parties for observing the Permanent Ceasefire. The security situation has contributed to improved access to humanitarian activities, including decisions by some refugees and IDPs to spontaneously return to their areas”

He also urged the National Pre-Transition Committee (NPTC) to organize more joint confidence building measures among the Parties as well as joint dissemination of the R-ARCSS to enhance better understanding, ownership, healing and reconciliation in the country.

“ The Government must fulfil its pledge of funding the implementation of the R-ARCSS in a timely and predictable manner”, he added.

JMEC

The Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Commission (JMEC) was reconstituted under terms decreed in Chapter Seven of the Revitalised Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in the Republic of South Sudan (RARCSS), signed on 12th September 2018 in Addis Ababa.

Under the terms of the Agreement, the reconstituted JMEC shall be responsible for monitoring, overseeing and supporting the implementation of the Agreement and the mandate and tasks of the Reconstituted Transitional Government of National Unity (RTGoNU), including adherence of the Parties to agreed timelines and schedules; and in the event of non-compliance, shall recommend appropriate corrective action to the RTGoNU.

The reconstituted JMEC is responsible for overseeing the work of Ceasefire and Transitional Security Monitoring and Verification Mechanism (CTSAMVM), the National Pre-Transitional Committee (NPTC), Economic and Financial Management Authority (EFMA), and other transitional institutions created by the revitilised Agreement.