Content_paragraphs:  The review team also understood the primacy of politics as meaning that the
  
  United Nations should do everything possible to maximize its effectiveness by
  
  harmonizing the use of United Nations resources and harnessing political
  
  opportunities through coordinated action. To achieve that, first and foremost, the
  
  Mission’s activities need to be guided by clear outcomes and integrated strategies that
  
  are grounded in nuanced, regularly updated and gender-sensitive analysis of
  
  protection needs and political developments. If the activities of various Mission
  
  sections are not aligned and collectively targeted at specific threats and political
  
  drivers of conflict, and concrete outcomes, they are unlikely to yield the expected
  
  results. Integrated strategies should link technical and programmatic work with
  
  political engagement and stretch from field offices, at the subnational level, to the
  
  national and regional levels. Understanding how the Mission’s political and
  
  protection mandates complement one another will continue to be vital for building
  
  sustainable peace in South Sudan.