Content_paragraphs:  Norway, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and the
  
  United States of America constitute a group of countries referred to as the “troika”
  
  that was closely involved in the negotiation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement
  
  between the Government of the Republic of the Sudan and the Sudan People’s
  
  Liberation Movement/Sudan People’s Liberation Army, and in support to South
  
  Sudan after independence. The members of the troika have appointed special envoys
  
  to engage on South Sudan and, to a degree, have coordinated their political
  
  engagement by releasing joint statements. Those statements, accompanied by political
  
  démarches, appear to have successfully influenced political processes in the past. In
  
  the first 10 months of 2020, the troika delivered four statements on the situation in
  
  South Sudan. After a quieter period in the first half of 2020 (with only two
  
  statements), all troika envoys to South Sudan made their first visit to the country since
  
  2017 in September 2020. During that visit, the troika countries urged all  sides to
  
  demonstrate the leadership needed to deliver progress and maintain peace, and
  
  highlighted the need to move forward on outstanding tasks, including transitional
  
  security arrangements, ensuring transparency in public finances and the participation
  
  of women in the peace process. Stakeholders, while cognizant that these statements
  
  could have an impact, indicated that they needed to be followed up by diplomatic
  
  engagement.