Source: UN Mission in South Sudan
Country: South Sudan
A delegation from the United Nations Security Council is expected to visit South Sudan next week.
The visit comes after the 15 member Council approved the deployment of a 4,000-strong protection force responsible for providing a secure environment in and around Juba, under the UN Peacekeeping mission.
The Special Representative of the Secretary General and Head of UNMISS, Ellen Margrethe Løj announced the visit in a meeting with the minister of foreign affairs, Deng Alor Kuol on Monday.
“We will have together with the government and the minister of foreign affairs, to work out a programme so that the members of Security Council can meet his Excellency the President and the government of South Sudan,” she said.