CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S1069Revitalized Peace Agreement • June 25th, 2020
former Vice President Riek Machar, agreed to form a unity government in the capital, Juba, by March of 2019. Though this so called ‘‘revitalized agreement’’ is not perfect, it is what we have to work with. The ceasefire be- tween Kiir and Machar that was part of it has largely held, sparing the South Sudanese from the violence and bru- tality so many experienced at the height of the civil war. I am also en- couraged that the government and po- litical opposition groups that had re- fused to sign the 2018 revitalized peace deal reached an accord last month.
FORWORDRevitalized Peace Agreement • March 18th, 2019
On September 12, 2018, South Sudan’s warring parties and stakeholders signed the Revitalized Peace Agreement after nearly fifteen months of protracted negotiations. The Revitalized Agreement comes in the backdrop of prolonged civil war that engulfed the world’s newest nation since 2013 after political disagreement among the elites of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM). This new Revitalized Peace Agreement intends to end the December 2013 and July 2016 crises, and gives renewed hopes to South Sudanese citizens who are anxiously waiting to return to their homes, begin reconstruction, and restart a normal life.
