The Chairperson of the Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Commission (JMEC) H.E Festus Mogae and the United Nations Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) in South Sudan, David Shearer, yesterday held a pre-plenary consultative meeting.

The Strategic Defence Security Review (SDSR) board 3-day consultative workshop ended yesterday; speakers and participants espousing confidence that the process will proceed with the South Sudan government pledging a pool fund amounting to US$1 million.

The Chairperson of the Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Commission (JMEC) for the Agreement on the Resolution on the Conflict in South Sudan (ARCSS) H.E. Festus G. Mogae is currently in New York undertaking consultations with key stakeholders, on the margins of the 71st session of the United Nations General Assembly.

The JMEC Secretariat has fully resumed its mandated mission in Juba on the 3rd of September 2016, after weeks of temporary operations in Addis Ababa.

The Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Commission (JMEC) is following carefully the recent political developments in and about South Sudan.

The Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Commission clarified its stance on the SPLM/iO leadership debate today.