Security Council resolution 2271 (2016) [on renewal of sanctions until 15 Apr. 2016 and extension of the mandate of the UN Panel of Experts Established pursuant to Security Council Resolution 2206 (2015) on South Sudan until 15 May 2016]
Symbol: S/RES/2271 (2016)
Date: 2016-03-02
Meeting record: S/PV.7639
Subjects: UN. Panel of Experts on South Sudan Established pursuant to Security Council Resolution 2206 (2015)|Charter of the United Nations (1945). Chapter VII|SOUTH SUDAN|SANCTIONS
Notes: Issued in: Resolutions and decisions of the Security Council, 1 August 2015-31 July 2016 - S/INF/71 - (SCOR, 71st year).

United Nations                                                                   S/RES/2271 (2016)
               Security Council                                               Distr.: General
                                                                              2 March 2016




               Resolution 2271 (2016)
               Adopted by the Security Council at its 7639th meeting, on
               2 March 2016

                    The Security Council,
                     Recalling its previous resolutions and statements on South Sudan, in particular
               resolutions 2057 (2012), 2109 (2013), 2132 (2013), 2155 (2014) 2187 (2014), 2206
               (2015), 2241 (2015), and 2252 (2015),
                     Determining that the situation in South Sudan continues to constitute a threat
               to international peace and security in the region,
                    Acting under Article 41 of Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations,
                    1.   Decides to renew until 15 April 2016 the measures imposed by
               paragraphs 9 and 12 of resolution 2206 (2015), and reaffirms the provisions of
               paragraphs 10, 11, 13, 14 and 15 of resolution 2206 (2015);
                      2.   Decides to extend until 15 May 2016 the mandate of the Panel of Experts
               as set out in paragraph 18 of resolution 2206 (2015), expresses its intention to
               review the mandate and take appropriate action regarding the further extension no
               later than April 15, 2016;
                    3.    Decides to remain seized of the matter.




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Texto español (official Spanish version): Naciones Unidas                                                             S/RES/2271 (2016)
               Consejo de Seguridad                                         Distr. general
                                                                            2 de marzo de 2016




               Resolución 2271 (2016)
               Aprobada por el Consejo de Seguridad en su 7639ª sesión,
               celebrada el 2 de marzo de 2016

                    El Consejo de Seguridad,
                    Recordando sus resoluciones y declaraciones anteriores sobre Sudán del Sur,
               en particular sus resoluciones 2057 (2012), 2109 (2013), 2132 (2013), 2155 (2014),
               2187 (2014), 2206 (2015), 2241 (2015) y 2252 (2015),
                    Habiendo determinado que la situación en Sudán del Sur sigue constituyendo
               una amenaza para la paz y la seguridad internacionales en la región,
                    Actuando en virtud del Artículo 41 del Capítulo VII de la Carta de las
               Naciones Unidas,
                    1.    Decide prorrogar hasta el 15 de abril de 2016 las medidas impuestas por
               los párrafos 9 y 12 de la resolución 2206 (2015), y reafirma las disposiciones
               contenidas en los párrafos 10, 11, 13, 14 y 15 de dicha resolución;
                    2.    Decide prorrogar hasta el 15 de mayo de 2016 el mandato del Grupo de
               Expertos enunciado en el párrafo 18 de la resolución 2206 (2015), expresa su
               intención de examinar ese mandato y tomar medidas apropiadas sobre otra posible
               prórroga a más tardar el 15 de abril de 2016;
                    3.   Decide seguir ocupándose de la cuestión.




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Texte français (official French version): Nations Unies                                                                     S/RES/2271 (2016)
               Conseil de sécurité                                             Distr. générale
                                                                               2 mars 2016




               Résolution 2271 (2016)
               Adoptée par le Conseil de sécurité à sa 7639 e séance,
               le 2 mars 2016

                    Le Conseil de sécurité,
                    Rappelant ses résolutions antérieures et les déclarations de son président sur le
               Soudan du Sud, en particulier ses résolutions 2057 (2012), 2109 (2013),
               2132 (2013), 2155 (2014), 2187 (2014), 2206 (2015), 2241 (2015) et 2252 (2015),
                     Considérant que la situation au Soudan du Sud continue de menacer la paix et
               la sécurité internationales dans la région,
                    Agissant en vertu de l’Article 41 du Chapitre VII de la Charte des Nations
               Unies,
                    1.   Décide de proroger jusqu’au 15 avril 2016 les mesures édictées aux
               paragraphes 9 et 12 de la résolution 2206 (2015) et réaffirme les dispositions des
               paragraphes 10, 11, 13, 14 et 15 de la résolution 2206 (2015);
                    2.    Décide de proroger jusqu’au 15 mai 2016 le mandat qu’il a confié au
               Groupe d’experts au paragraphe 18 de la résolution 2206 (2015), entend réexaminer
               le mandat du Groupe d’experts et faire le nécessaire concernant sa reconduction le
               15 avril 2016 au plus tard;
                    3.    Décide de rester saisi de la question.




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Русский текст (official Russian version): Организация Объединенных Наций                                                            S/RES/2271 (2016)
               Совет Безопасности                                       Distr.: General
                                                                        2 March 2016




               Резолюция 2271 (2016),
               принятая Советом Безопасности на его 7639-м заседании 2 марта 2016 года

                    Совет Безопасности,
                     ссылаясь на свои предыдущие резолюции и заявления по Южному Суда-
               ну, в частности резолюции 2057 (2012), 2109 (2013), 2132 (2013), 2155 (2014),
               2187 (2014), 2206 (2015), 2241 (2015) и 2252 (2015),
                    определяя, что положение в Южном Судане по-прежнему представляет
               угрозу для международного мира и безопасности в регионе,
                   действуя на основании статьи 41 главы VII Устава Организации Объеди-
               ненных Наций,
                   1.    постановляет продлить до 15 апреля 2016 года меры, введенные
               пунктами 9 и 12 резолюции 2206 (2015), и вновь подтверждает положения
               пунктов 10, 11, 13, 14 и 15 резолюции 2206 (2015);
                     2.  постановляет продлить до 15 мая 2016 года мандат Группы экспер-
               тов, изложенный в пункте 18 резолюции 2206 (2015), выражает свое намерение
               провести обзор мандата и принять необходимые меры, касающиеся дальне й-
               шего продления, не позднее 15 апреля 2016 года;
                    3.   постановляет продолжать активно заниматься этим вопросом.




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中文文本 (official Chinese version): 联合国                                                              S/RES/2271 (2016)
               安全理事会                                          Distr.: General
                                                              2 March 2016




               第 2271(2016)号决议

               安全理事会 2016 年 3 月 2 日第 7639 次会议通过

                  安全理事会，

                  回 顾 其以 往 关于 南苏 丹的 各 项决 议 和声 明， 特别 是 第 2057(2012) 、第
               2109(2013)、第 2132(2013)、第 2155(2014)、第 2187(2014)、第 2206(2015)、第
               2241(2015)和第 2252(2015)号决议，

                  认定南苏丹局势继续对该区域的国际和平与安全构成威胁，

                  根据《联合国宪章》第七章第 41 条采取行动，

                  1.   决定将第 2206(2015)号决议第 9 和 12 段规定的措施延长至 2016 年 4 月
               15 日，重申第 2206(2015)号决议第 10、11、13、14 和 15 段的规定；

                  2.   决定将第 2206(2015)号决议第 18 段所述专家小组的任务规定延长至
               2016 年 5 月 15 日，表示打算审查这一任务规定，并至迟于 2016 年 4 月 15 日就
               进一步延长采取适当行动；

                  3.   决定继续处理此案。




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النص العربي (official Arabic version): ‫)‪S/RES/2271 (2016‬‬                                                                                  ‫األمــم املتحـدة‬
‫‪Distr.: General‬‬
‫‪2 March 2016‬‬                                                                                 ‫جملس األمن‬



                                                                                   ‫القرار ‪)2016 ( 2271‬‬
                  ‫الذي اختذه جملس األمن يف جلسته ‪ 7639‬املعقودة يف ‪ 2‬آذار‪/‬مارس ‪2016‬‬

                                                                                           ‫إنّ جملس األمن‪،‬‬
                    ‫إذ يشيير إىل قراراتــه وبياناتــه الســابق بش ـ جنــو الســودا ‪ ،‬وال ســي ا القــرارا‬
                    ‫‪ )2012( 2057‬و ‪ )2013( 2109‬و ‪ )2013( 2132‬و ‪ )2014( 2155‬و ‪2187‬‬
                                        ‫(‪ )2014‬و ‪ )2015( 2206‬و ‪ )2015( 2241‬و ‪،)2015( 2252‬‬
                  ‫وإذ يقرر أ احلال يف جنو السودا مـا زالـ تشـل خطـرا يهـدد السـلم واألمـن‬
                                                                               ‫الدوليني يف املنطق ‪،‬‬
                            ‫وإذ يتصرف مبوجب املادة ‪ 41‬من الفص السابع من ميثاق األمم املتحدة‪،‬‬
                  ‫‪ - 1‬يقييرر أ جيــدد حــى ‪ 15‬نيســا ‪/‬أبري ـ ‪ 2016‬التــدابر املفروض ـ مبوجــب‬
                  ‫الفقــرتني ‪ 9‬و ‪ 12‬مــن القــرار ‪ ،)2015( 2206‬ويعيــد ت كيــد أحلــا الفقــرا ‪ 10‬و ‪11‬‬
                                                          ‫و ‪ 13‬و ‪ 14‬و ‪ 15‬من القرار ‪)2015( 2206‬؛‬
                  ‫‪ - 2‬يقييرر أ ميــدد حــى ‪ 15‬أيــار‪/‬مــايو ‪ 2016‬والي ـ فري ـ اخلــءا عل ـ النحــو‬
                      ‫الــــوارد يف الفقــــرة ‪ 18‬مــــن القــــرار ‪ ،)2015( 2206‬ويعــــر عــــن اعتزامــــه اســــتعرا‬
                  ‫الوالي ـ واختــاذ اإلجــرا املناســب في ــا يتعل ـ بتجديــد متديــد ا يف موعــد أقصــاه ‪ 15‬نيســا ‪/‬‬
                                                                                                     ‫أبري ‪2016‬؛‬
                                                                  ‫يقرر أ يبقي املس ل قيد نظره‪.‬‬          ‫‪-3‬‬




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Draft resolution (S/2016/200):
United Nations                                                                          S/2016/200
               Security Council                                               Distr.: General
                                                                              2 March 2016

                                                                              Original: English




               United States of America: draft resolution

                    The Security Council,
                     Recalling its previous resolutions and statements on South Sudan, in particular
               resolutions 2057 (2012), 2109 (2013), 2132 (2013), 2155 (2014) , 2187 (2014), 2206
               (2015), 2241 (2015), and 2252 (2015),
                     Determining that the situation in South Sudan continues to constitute a threat
               to international peace and security in the region,
                    Acting under Article 41 of Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations,
                    1.   Decides to renew until 15 April 2016 the measures imposed by
               paragraphs 9 and 12 of resolution 2206 (2015), and reaffirms the provisions of
               paragraphs 10, 11, 13, 14 and 15 of resolution 2206 (2015);
                      2.   Decides to extend until 15 May 2016 the mandate of the Panel of Experts
               as set out in paragraph 18 of resolution 2206 (2015), expresses its intention to
               review the mandate and take appropriate action regarding the further extension no
               later than 15 April 2016;
                    3.    Decides to remain seized of the matter.




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Meeting record:
United Nations                                                                                                   S/PV.7639
             Security Council                                                                                                 Provisional
             Seventy-first year


             7639th meeting
             Wednesday, 2 March 2016, 11.30 a.m.
             New York




President:   Mr. Gaspar Martins. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .            (Angola)


Members:     China. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .     Mr. Zhao Yong
             Egypt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    Mr. Aboulatta
             France . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .     Mr. Delattre
             Japan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .     Mr. Okamura
             Malaysia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .       Mrs. Adnin
             New Zealand. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .           Mr. Taula
             Russian Federation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .            Mr. Iliichev
             Senegal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .      Mr. Ciss
             Spain. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .     Mr. Gasso Matoses
             Ukraine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .       Mr. Vitrenko
             United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland . .                                   Mr. Rycroft
             United States of America. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                Mr. Pressman
             Uruguay. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .       Mr. Rosselli
             Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                   Mr. Ramírez Carreño

Agenda
             Reports of the Secretary-General on the Sudan and South Sudan




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S/PV.7639                 Reports of the Secretary-General on the Sudan and South Sudan                       02/03/2016


       The meeting was called to order at 11.30 a.m.               Currently on the agenda is the implementation of
                                                               the measures agreed by the parties last week, including
Adoption of the agenda                                         practical steps to ensure security in the capital. That
                                                               would open up opportunities for the formation of the
       The agenda was adopted.
                                                               transitional Government of national unity.
Reports of the Secretary-General on the Sudan and                  We welcome the efforts of international partners,
South Sudan                                                    in particular the Intergovernmental Authority on
                                                               Development and the African Union, to promote the
    The President: The Security Council will now
                                                               peace process. However, the main responsibility for
begin its consideration of the item on its agenda.
                                                               normalizing the situation lies in the South Sudanese
    Members of the Council have before them document           themselves. They now need time and support. Pressure,
S/2016/200, which contains the text of a draft resolution      on the other hand, especially more sanctions pressure,
submitted by the United States of America.                     could complicate the resolution of the conflict and
                                                               harden the positions of the parties. We need to be very
     The Council is ready to proceed to the vote on the
                                                               sensitive at this stage in resolving the conflict — the
draft resolution before it. I shall put the draft resolution
                                                               Council in particular.
to the vote now.
                                                                   First of all, that pertains to introducing new
       A vote was taken by show of hands.
                                                               sanctions measures and personal restrictions against
In favour:                                                     the leaders of the opposing sides. We in principle
     Angola, China, Egypt, France, Japan, Malaysia,            oppose a situation where, instead of serious political
     New Zealand, Russian Federation, Senegal, Spain,          and diplomatic efforts, someone tries to use Security
     Ukraine, United Kingdom of Great Britain and              Council sanctions. It is no accident that the January
     Northern Ireland, United States of America,               communiqué of Peace and Security Council of the
     Uruguay and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)            African Union is silent on the issue of restrictive
                                                               measures against South Sudan.
   The President: The draft resolution received
15 votes in favour. The draft resolution has been                  We note with satisfaction that reason once again
adopted unanimously as resolution 2271 (2016).                 prevailed this time among the members of the Security
                                                               Council. We hope that members will adhere to the same
    I shall now give the floor to those members of
                                                               healthy approach in the work on future draft resolutions
the Council who wish to make statements following
                                                               on sanctions against South Sudan.
the voting.
                                                                   Mr. Pressman (United States of America): The
    Mr. Iliichev (Russian Federation) (spoke in
                                                               Security Council and the United Nations remain
Russian): Russia supported resolution 2271 (2016),
                                                               steadfast in their commitment to support the people of
which extends for a month and a half the existing
                                                               South Sudan in their quest for stability, peace and good
Security Council sanctions on South Sudan. On the
                                                               governance. Unfortunately, we have a long way to go
one hand, the technical nature of the resolution reflects
                                                               and much work remains to be done. As such, we must
the lack of unity in the Council on maintaining or
                                                               work together to send the right signals to South Sudan’s
expanding the current the sanctions regime. On the
                                                               leaders. The Secretary-General perhaps put it best last
other, it illustrates the extreme importance and the
                                                               week when he told the leaders bluntly,
sensitivity of the present moment in resolving the
armed conflict in Southern Sudan.                                  “Put peace above politics. Pursue compromise.
                                                                   Overcome obstacles. Establish the transitional
    We note that significant progress has been made
                                                                   Government of national unity, and do not delay it.”
in that regard, including the overall decrease in the
intensity of the fighting, the launch of the mechanisms            The Council has repeatedly shown its willingness
provided for in last year’s peace agreement, the               to use targeted sanctions to marginalize spoilers, target
continuing withdrawal of Government troops from the            those who commit violations and abuses and impose
capital and the appointment of armed opposition leader         accountability for atrocities. The Council should
Riek Machar as first Vice-President.                           consider carefully new proposals to use sanctions to


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better stabilize the situation, limit the unrestricted flow        In line with the timeline set out by the Joint
of arms and incentivize the parties towards compromise.       Monitoring and Evaluation Commission, over the next
     Rather than rush that deliberative process, the          several weeks we expect to see full cooperation by
United States supports the decision of the Security           both sides on the implementation of the Juba security
Council today to renew the current sanctions measures         arrangements as decided by the JMEC Chair and
until 15 April, and the mandate of the Panel of Experts       agreed to by the parties on 24 February, with the return
for just a few more weeks — until 15 May. That period         of designated Sudan People’s Liberation Movement/
will allow the Council to fully discuss proposals that        Army in Opposition security to Juba. That should lead
have been put forward by delegations around this table        to the return of Riek Machar to Juba and the immediate
and allow us time to measure the progress made by             formation of the transitional Government of national
the parties on implementing the peace agreement and
                                                              unity. It is also important that the Government of the
forming the transitional Government of national unity.
                                                              Republic of South Sudan suspend the implementation
We fully agree that this is a delicate moment in the peace
process, but it is also a critical moment: humanitarian       of the decree creating 28 states, as called for by the
needs are greater than ever, human rights violations          Intergovernmental Authority on Development in its
persist and the people of South Sudan continue to suffer.     communiqué of 30-31 January 2016.

     Parties to the conflict need to show progress on the         We encourage South Sudan’s leaders to show their
peace agreement signed last year, an agreement which          commitment to peace and to a prosperous future for the
is severely lagging when it comes to implementation,          people of South Sudan through those concrete actions
as we heard Ambassador Festus Mogae, Chair of the             over the next weeks. We will use that time to support
Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Commission (JMEC),            the parties in their efforts to carry out those tasks, to
testify to last month. We urge South Sudanese parties to      measure their progress and to respond appropriately.
take the key steps necessary for the full implementation
of the peace agreement.                                           The meeting rose at 11.40 a.m.




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Voting Summary
Yes: 015 | No: 000 | Abstentions: 000 | Non-Voting: 000 | Total voting membership: 015
Y ANGOLA
Y CHINA
Y EGYPT
Y FRANCE
Y JAPAN
Y MALAYSIA
Y NEW ZEALAND
Y RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Y SENEGAL
Y SPAIN
Y UKRAINE
Y UNITED KINGDOM
Y UNITED STATES
Y URUGUAY
Y VENEZUELA (BOLIVARIAN REPUBLIC OF)