Following recent senior-level visits from our capitals to Juba, the Governments of Norway, the United Kingdom, and the United States reaffirm our call for South Sudan's leaders to urgently take steps necessary to ensure genuine and peaceful elections in December. This process should address the ten questions posed by the trilateral mechanism (United Nations, African Union and The Intergovernmental Authority on Development). Not taking these critical steps and so not allowing elections would be a collective failure on the part of South Sudan's leaders.
We further urge the transitional government to use public revenue in a transparent manner to address public needs, including funding and operationalisation of electoral institutions.
Our relationship with South Sudan remains based on our conviction that the South Sudanese people deserve peace, human rights, democracy, and a government that is responsive to the needs of its citizens. We look to South Sudan's leaders to demonstrate that they share these values by honouring their own commitments to their people.
