UN Security Council
2015

relentless work in establishing a forum for political and security dialogue, establishing and operationalizing the Monitoring and Verification Mechanism (MVM) for the Cessation of Hostilities Agreement, and leading multi -stakeholder political negotiations to establish a Transitional Government of National Unity, Strongly condemning repeated and continuing violations of the CoH by all parties which undermine peace efforts, while stressing the continued importance of the IGAD-mediated 23 January 2014 Cessation of Hostilities (CoH) and Status of Detainees Agreements, consensus on the Declaration of Principles between the parties, the establishment of the ceasefire Monitoring and Verification Mechanism (MVM), the 9 May 2014 “Agreement to Resolve the Crisis in South Sudan”, the 9 November 2014 Rededication and Implementation Modalities for the CoH, and the 1 February 2015 Areas of Agreement on the Establishment of the Transitional Government of National Unity (TGoNU) in the Republic of South Sudan, Taking note of the 6 March 2015 message from Ethiopia’s Prime Minister and Chairman of IGAD Hailemariam Dessalegn to the people of South Sudan, and expressing its profound disappointment that the parties have failed to reach an