(MENAFN- Saudi Press Agency)
New York, Shawwal 06, 1437, July 11, 2016, SPA -- UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Monday called on the Security Council to implement an arms embargo immediately against South Sudan and to bolster a UN peace mission in the country, according to dpa.
Ban also called for sanctions against all parties that have hindered the implementation of a peace accord signed in August 2015. He said a decision over whether President Salva Kiir and Vice President Reik Machar should resign is up to the people of South Sudan.
Around 270 people were killed between Friday and Sunday in fighting that broke out just before the fifth anniversary of South Sudan''s independence from Sudan, according to the government.
The Security Council signalled Sunday during a special session that it was prepared to strengthen its peace mission in South Sudan, which comprises more than 13,000 military personnel and police.
According to the UN refugee agency, thousands more have fled the new outbreak of violence and are stranded at Uganda''s borders.
The agency is preparing for a mass influx of people, UNHCR spokesman Charles Yaxley told dpa. The agency has set up relief camps and made medical supplies available. Around two-thirds of the refugees are children, Yaxley said.
--SPA
22:51 LOCAL TIME 19:51 GMT
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