A United Nations report compiled by a team of experts has warned of possible relapse to violence in South Sudan if the 2018 peace accord is not properly implemented.

The study opines that the slow pace in implementing the peace deal and straining relationship between the camps aligned to President Salva Kiir and First Vice President Dr Riek Machar are the contributors of the fragility.

It was conducted by the UN Security Council Panel of Experts, and was released on April 14, 2021.

‘‘…the selective and slow implementation of the Agreement is a risk to the peace and security of South Sudan. Because the Agreement was predicated on the formation of a unity Government that shares power after five years of violent conflict, the Panel notes that the lack of genuine implementation of the Agreement has been a barometer for the signatories’ commitment to make joint decisions and compromise.

‘‘The relationships between and within the two main signatories to the Agreement have frayed because of political gridlock over key decisions within the Agreement, including with respect to the security arrangements,’’ it partly states.

Apart from requesting for faster implementation of the peace deal and observance of the civil rights; the UN panel recommended an independent oversight of government’s handling of arms embargo.

The report read, ‘‘…to ensure the effective implementation of the arms embargo, the Security Council amend the exemptions clause of the arms embargo so as to make the provision of all relevant information, including the supplier, the proposed date of delivery, the mode of transportation and the itinerary of shipments, a requirement for exemption requests.

‘‘..and request IGAD to authorize the Ceasefire and Transitional Security Arrangements Monitoring and Verification Mechanism to inspect cargoes entering South Sudan that have received an exemption from the Security Council Committee.’’