Biography of michael makuei lueth pdf

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Background

In April, the UN Human Rights Council renewed the mandate of the Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan (CHRSS).

In May, the UN Security Council extended the arms embargo imposed on South Sudan for another year until 30 May

Preparations for South Sudan’s first elections in December continued, albeit with slow progress in completing key prerequisites outlined in the peace agreement for holding elections. On 4 July, the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement endorsed President Salva Kiir as its flag-bearer during the elections.

The UN said that at least 20 people died when inter-ethnic fighting broke out in June in the UN Mission in South Su

South Sudanese politician

Michael Makuei Lueth is a South Sudanesepolitician. He is the current Information, Communication, Technology, and Postal Services Minister in the Revitalised Transitional Government of National Unity (RTGoNU). He is also the current Government Spokesperson.

Lueth hails from Bor, in a payam called Makuac payam and a clan called Koc. He joined the Sudan People's Liberation Army(SPLA) in to fight for the liberation of South Sudan along with his other comrades. He graduated as a lawyer at the University of Khartoum in and worked as a legal Counsel and as a Judge. It is with this background that he has been serving as the minister of information in the transitional government of National Unity in the Republic of South Sudan as of

Sanctions

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Lueth is currently on the list of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons list of the United States Office of Foreign Assets Control. The sanctions were placed on him in September after reports emerged that Lueth was instrumental in undermining Kiir's initial willingness to sign the peace agreement.

The United Kingdom also sanctioned the politician for "obstructing the political process in South Sudan, in particular by obstructing the implementation of the Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in South Sudan."

COVID

On 19 May , he and all members of the nation's member coronavirus task force tested positive for COVID

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Tomorrow (23 December), the Security Council expects to vote on a draft resolution to impose an arms embargo on South Sudan and targeted sanctions (assets freezes and travel bans) on three key government and opposition figures&#;Paul Malong, Chief of Staff of the Sudan People&#;s Liberation Army (SPLA) (i.e. the government&#;s army); Michael Makuei Lueth, South Sudan&#;s Minister of Information; and opposition leader Riek Machar, who is currently in exile in South Africa.

The text is identical to the draft that the US, the penholder on South Sudan, had proposed in November. That draft was never tabled for a vote, after it appeared that the resolution lacked sufficient support to be adopted. At the time the US was ready to table the draft without negotiations. The rationale for this approach was that the draft resolution was taken from the annex of an existing resolution: resolution , which was adopted by the Council on 12 August, albeit with abstentions by China, Egypt, Russia and Venezuela. The US has followed a similar approach this time; it requested that the draft be placed into blue on Tuesday evening (20 December) and requested that the vote be scheduled for tomorrow.

In November, media reports suggested that such a resolution would most likely receive only seven votes. It does not seem as if Council dynamics on the arms embargo and targeted sanctions have changed since November, and it is unclear whether they could shift before the vote. Even if the draft resolution were to receive the nine votes required for adoption tomorrow, it would still be subject to a possible veto. Veto-wielding members China and Russia have long expressed reservations regarding South Sudan sanctions, and it is unclear how they will vote.

While there have been no negotiations on the current draft, the US has reportedly been engaging bilaterally with some members. On Monday (19 December), US Ambassador Samantha Power mad