South Sudan - Security Council, 10103rd meeting

Political deadlock driving rising violence in South Sudan, Under-Secretary-General tells Security Council as mission faces growing strain.

• Categories: Meetings & Events / Security Council
• Video Length: 01:42:08
• Production Date: 10 February 2026
• Asset Language: Arabic; English; French; Russian; Spanish; Chinese; Original
• Personal Subject: JEAN-PIERRE LACROIX
• Corporate Name: UNITED NATIONS MISSION IN SOUTH SUDAN – UNMISS; DEPARTMENT OF PEACE OPERATIONS - DPO
• Subject Topical: BUDGET; HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE; PEACE AND SECURITY; PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS; SOUTH SUDAN SITUATION; POLITICAL CONDITIONS; CIVIL WAR; PEACE AGREEMENTS; CONFLICT
• Geographic Subject: SOUTH SUDAN
• MAMS Id: 3534371
• Parent Id: 3533614
• Alternate Title: MTG SC 10103 SOUTH SUDAN 10 FEB 2026 AM

Description

The 2018 South Sudan peace agreement is at serious risk, raising fears that the world’s newest country could relapse into full-scale civil war, Security Council speakers warned today.

South Sudan became independent in 2011, and the United Nations established a peacekeeping mission to help the country stabilize. In 2013, fighting erupted in the capital and spread nationwide. Although leaders signed a peace agreement in 2015, it quickly collapsed. A renewed peace deal — the Revitalized Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in South Sudan — was signed in 2018, leading to the formation of a transitional Government.

• Briefer: Mr. Jean-Pierre Lacroix, Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations (via video-teleconference)
• Briefer: Major General (retired) George Aggrey Owinow, Interim Chairperson, Reconstituted Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Commission (RJMEC) (via video-teleconference)
• Briefer: Mr. Edmund Yakani, Executive Director, Community Empowerment for Progress Organization (CEPO) (via video-teleconference)
• Statements: All Council members, with the Democratic Republic of the Congo speaking on behalf of: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Liberia, Somalia
• Statement: South Sudan

Related Sites and Documents

UN Meetings Coverage

S/2026/58

S/PV.10103