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U.N. official Anita Kiki Gbeho warns Security Council: South Sudan violence, reduced UNMISS capacity are limiting protection and aid
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Anita Kiki Gbeho told the Security Council that rising conflict, intercommunal violence and a 25–30% reduction in UNMISS operational capacity are constraining humanitarian access; she cited nearly 10 million people in need and called for political engagement and regional support.
Anita Kiki Gbeho, a U.N. official, told the Security Council that the situation in South Sudan has worsened, with rising violence, widening humanitarian needs and a reduced U.N. mission footprint that is constraining protection and aid.
"Nearly 10 million people need some form of humanitarian assistance," Gbeho said, and "since late December, more than 276,000 people have been displaced in Jonglei alone, and over 110,000 have fled into Ethiopia." She warned those figures were accompanied by mounting security risks, including "the aerial bombardment of a hospital in Lankien," which she said "illustrates the human cost of the current trajectory."
Gbeho described a squeeze on UNMISS operations following implementation of a contingency plan, saying "the implementation of the contingency plan has resulted…
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