STATEMENT ON SOUTH SUDAN BY H.E.

PRESIDENT UHURU KENYATTA, CGH, CHAIRMAN OF THE EAST AFRICAN COMMUNITY AND RAPPORTEUR OF THE INTER-GOVERNMENTAL AUTHORITY ON DEVELOPMENT (IGAD) During the 20th commemoration of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, I expressed our regions disappointment at having done little to nothing at the time to end the slaughter of a million innocent human eings in Rwanda ! a loodthirst! ca al" I also pledged, in the name of #en!a and the region that we would never again allow a similar genocide to happen within our shores" I return to the pledge toda! ecause of what is happening in parts of $outh $udan, we are outraged and gravel! concerned at seeing the %illing of hundreds of innocent civilians caught up in the internal con&ict of the $outh $udan 'i eration (ovement" )e refuse to e witnesses to such atrocities and to remain helpless and hopeless in their wa%e" )e especiall! re*ect the possi ilit! that we are creeping into genocide again in our region" )e shall not stand ! and allow it to happen" +he $,'( in -overnment and its rival $,'( in .pposition agreed to a /essation of 0ostilities at well1pu licised summits of the Inter1-overnmental 2uthorit! on Development 3I-2D4, in 5airo i on 26th Decem er, 2017 and in the 8thiopian capital of 2ddis 2 a a in 9anuar! and (arch,2014" +he signatories to the /essation of 0ostilities 2greement then went right ahead to ignore the agreements the! had entered into and have continued to :ght, %ill and destro! propert! with disastrous rami:cations" It is heart1wrenching for us in the I-2D, the 82/, 2frican ;nion and indeed the wider glo al communit! to sit and watch atrocities eing committed on a dail! asis" +his must e put to a stop" )e strongl! call upon all the ,arties to ring their militar! activities and %illing of innocent people to an immediate end and ring to account those involved" <ailure to do so is unaccepta le and will call for concerted e=ort ! the International /ommunit! to do so" It is up to the region and the glo al communit! to ensure that we live to the promise we made in #igali, Rwanda, earlier this month> never again" )e in #en!a and the region ta%e that pledge seriousl!" )e expect the ,arties to live up to their commitments to save lives, allow decent urials for the hundreds dead ? man! of them l!ing on the streets of some of the towns" )e also expect them to open up humanitarian corridors for the deliver! of assistance to those in need" 2s a region, we are convening an emergenc! summit of I-2D in coming da!s to deli erate and consider our options on the su *ect" Uhuru Ke !"##" Pre$%&e # " & C'((" &er % Ch%e) ') #he Ke !" De)e *e F'r*e$