S/PV.7667 Security Council

The Security Council will now begin its consideration of the item on its agenda. Members of the Council have before them document S/2016/322, which contains the text of a draft resolution submitted by the United States of America. The Council is ready to proceed to the vote on the draft resolution before it. I shall put the draft resolution to the vote now.

The draft resolution received 15 votes in favour. The draft resolution has been adopted unanimously as resolution 2280 (2016). Following consultations among Council members, I have been authorized to make the following statement on their behalf: “The Security Council recalls its intention to review progress on steps outlined in its presidential statement S/PRST/2016/1, of 17 March 2016. The Security Council welcomes that some progress was made on the steps outlined in S/PRST/2016/1, including progress on implementation of the Juba security arrangements, including the return of some members of the Sudan People’s Liberation Army in Opposition to Juba, South Sudan. The Security Council regrets, nonetheless, that the steps outlined in S/PRST/2016/1 were not fully met and strongly urges all parties to complete those steps and to fully implement the ‘Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in the Republic of South Sudan’. The Security Council expresses its intention to review progress achieved on the steps outlined in S/PRST/2016/1 by 30 April 2016. “The Security Council reaffirms its unwavering support for the people of South Sudan.” This statement will be issued as a document of the Security Council under the symbol S/PRST/2016/3.