South Sudan Refugee Situation: UNHCR Regional Update 25, 21 – 25 July 2014

Highlights

• 23 July: Following the adjournment of the Fourth Session of the IGAD- led South Sudan Peace Process in Addis Ababa, the IGAD Special Envoys carried out broad consultations with various actors and stakeholders in the South Sudan peace process. All the stakeholders reiterated their commitment to the negotiation process, which is tentatively scheduled to take place 30 July - 10 August 2014. The agenda of the next session will be to finalize and sign the Cessation of Hostilities Matrix and negotiate the details for a Transitional Government of National Unity.

• 23 July: The United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon announced the appointment of Ellen Margrethe Løj of Denmark as his new Special Representative and Head of the United Nations Mission in the Republic of South Sudan (UNMISS). Ms. Løj succeeds Hilde Johnson of Norway, who completed her assignment on 7 July 2014.

• 20 July: The UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) expressed its grave concern about the attack that took place in Nassir Town, Upper Nile State. The attack was carried out by opposition forces composed of a mixture of armed youths and defected SPLA soldiers (SPLA in Opposition) loyal to former Vice President, Mr. Riek Machar Teny. UNMISS called for full compliance with the cessation of hostilities agreements recently signed by all parties to the conflict and the return to the negotiating table without further delay.

• Following the capture of Nasir by the Opposition militia, 50 injured combatants have arrived in Ethiopia. Twenty-seven of them are currently at the MSF mobile site in Matar while another 23 of the more seriously wounded are being treated at MSF’s Clinic in Leitchuor refugee camp. Eight, who were critically injured and in need of urgent medical attention, were transferred to Gambella Hospital.