UN pledges aid for new Republic of South Sudan

The UN official in Lakes State, South Sudan, Renuka Chidambaram said that the reason the UN Security Council and the UN Security General have proposed a new United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) is because the UN is committed to assisting the Republic of South Sudan to meet its many responsibilities.

She clarified the partnership will focus on building institutions that can make the world’s newest republic realize a stable, strong, and ultimately prosperous nation.

Chidambaram went on to highlight some of the main challenges the new Republic of South Sudan has to face after the Independence Day celebrations, among them, high maternal mortality rate, illiteracy, poverty, insecurity and infrastructural underdevelopment.

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