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  1. “First, adequate and early funding is required to sustain the gains made so far, particularly in averting catastrophic food insecurity levels. Secondly, the Government and non-State actors need to abide by their obligation to facilitate safe and unhindered access and to protect aid workers. Lastly, while the implementation of the peace process has brought about some positive impact, it remains slow. And I think Special Representative of the Secretary-General referred to the momentum of the implementation of the Revitalized Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in South Sudan. As such, violence continues to erupt, and all actors with influence must work to ensure the protection of civilians across South Sudan.”

    2021-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8931 (2021) · source

  2. “Although the 2021 South Sudan humanitarian response plan is funded at about 68 per cent, that belies the fact that many sectors, such as health, nutrition, protection, water, hygiene and sanitation, are severely underfunded. The pooled fund mechanisms are playing an essential role, with $35 million from the Central Emergency Response Fund and $69 million from the South Sudan Humanitarian Fund provided this year. I thank those donors that have supported us so generously this year. More is needed by more donors to act as champions for South Sudan and to provide early funding to the 2022 humanitarian response plan, which requires $1.7 billion to support 8.4 million people in need. In conclusion, I wish to highlight three key points.”

    2021-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8931 (2021) · source

  3. “However, we must also realize that, for many of the now 2 million people who have been displaced over the years, return might not be an option. The possibility that many internally displaced persons — including those in former protection-of-civilian sites such as Bentiu and Malakal — might choose to remain could see those sites becoming permanent urban or suburban settlements. That needs to be recognized, and steps should be taken to support people wherever they chose to stay. Long-term planning will be required to address this new phenomenon. The scope and the scale of the humanitarian needs and the challenges I have outlined are outstripping our ability to adequately respond.”

    2021-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8931 (2021) · source

  4. “More than 500,000 people across the six food-insecure counties were provided with food assistance, protection, health and water, hygiene and sanitation services. More than 46,000 children under the age of 5 and pregnant and lactating women received therapeutic nutritional services. To enable that response, humanitarian partners were compelled to reprogramme in-country support, which saw the reduction of food rations to IDPs, refugees and communities at crisis level — IPC 3 — outside of the six at-risk counties. The delivery of adequate basic services, particularly health, education and the expansion of social protection, is vital to sustain livelihoods, strengthen resilience and enable the conditions for those who wish to return to their areas of origin.”

    2021-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8931 (2021) · source

  5. “Following earlier suspension due to the interference by armed youth, humanitarian partners were able to resume aid operations in Pibor and Renk as a result of intense engagement by members from the community and the Government. The United Nations Mission in South Sudan facilitated humanitarian access through long-range patrols and the setting up of temporary operating bases in several locations, as per the examples provided by Special Representative Haysom. Humanitarian partners assisted some 5 million people across the country between January and October with food, medical and nutritional care, water and sanitation, protection support and shelter. Humanitarian partners also conducted a massive multisectoral response that averted famine.”

    2021-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8931 (2021) · source

  6. “In what is essentially an expanding city, tens of thousands of people are already facing a hepatitis-E outbreak and the serious risks of an increase in water- borne diseases due to poor sanitation conditions. Conflict, as well as violence directed at aid workers and their assets, operational interference, bureaucratic impediments, and physical access challenges continue to impact the humanitarian response. South Sudan remains one of the most dangerous places in the world for aid workers. After several days of violence in Leer, Unity state, a nutrition aid worker was killed a few days ago. The total number of aid workers killed in 2021 so far is four.”

    2021-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8931 (2021) · source

  7. “Since May, humanitarian needs have been exacerbated by catastrophic flooding for the third consecutive year, impacting some 835,000 people in 33 of 78 counties. More than 80 per cent of affected people are in Jonglei, Unity and Upper Nile states. Nyawuora, a 40-year-old mother of nine children, is one of many whose life and livelihood are devastated. She moved to the Bentiu IDP camp in July with her family after floods destroyed their house and all their belongings. Nyawuora and her children are now depending on humanitarian assistance to survive. She is one of some 19,000 people displaced by flooding who have sought refuge alongside town residents and more than 100,000 internally displaced people in the IDP camp.”

    2021-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8931 (2021) · source

  8. “In Tambura county, Western Equatoria, while the situation is improving with security provided by the Government, 13 of the 20 health facilities are not operational due to violence by armed actors, and only eight out of 53 schools in the county are open. In the Maganis area of Upper Nile, fighting between the Government and the Sudan People’s Liberation Army in Opposition has displaced people, including into the Sudan. Around 70,000 South Sudanese have crossed over into the Sudan this year, driven by food insecurity and violence. The effects of climate change are also being felt in South Sudan, with flooding and dry conditions disrupting livelihoods and food security and increasing the risk of displacement and violence, as we have also just heard from Special Representative Haysom.”

    2021-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8931 (2021) · source

  9. “About 1.4 million children under the age of 5 and 480,000 pregnant or lactating women were estimated to be acutely malnourished and in need of treatment in 2021 — the highest number since 2013. Insecurity and subnational violence continued to disrupt the lives of hundreds of thousands of South Sudanese. According to the International Organization for Migration’s displacement tracking matrix, around 300,000 people were newly displaced between March and October of this year, bringing the number of internally displaced persons (IDPs) to 2 million. Women and girls continue to face extreme levels of gender-based violence, exacerbated by armed conflict, organized violence, coronavirus disease restrictions and forced displacement due to flooding. Much of the violence goes underreported, with limited response services available to survivors.”

    2021-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8931 (2021) · source

  10. “According to the latest Integrated Phase Classification (IPC) analysis, between April and July of this year, at the height of the lean season, 7.2 million people were estimated to be at crisis phase — Integrated Phase Classification 3 or above — 2.4 million of whom are at the emergency phase — IPC 4 or above. There are also 108,000 people in six counties — namely, Akobo, Pibor, Aweil South, Tonj East, Tonj North and Tonj South — facing catastrophic levels of acute food insecurity. In five of those locations, conflict was the major driver of displacement leading to the loss of lives, livelihoods and assets. Increased food insecurity, illness and poor access to clean water, hygiene and sanitation heightened malnutrition levels among children under 5 years old.”

    2021-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8931 (2021) · source

  11. “Ms. Saeed: I thank you, Sir, for the opportunity to brief the Security Council today. Since the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs briefed the Council in September (see S/PV.8859), the humanitarian situation in South Sudan has deteriorated. Special Representative Haysom just outlined the political and security dynamics. I will focus on the drivers of humanitarian needs, the response by humanitarian partners and the action required to alleviate the suffering of millions of South Sudanese as we move into 2022. The people of South Sudan have faced the highest levels of food insecurity since independence in 2011 and the renewed conflict, which began in 2013.”

    2021-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8931 (2021) · source