A/HRC/RES/43/27 9. Acknowledges that demonstrable progress in key human rights issues of concern is critical to any future change to the mandate of the Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan; 10. Urges the Revitalized Transitional Government of National Unity, when finalized, to establish all transitional institutions, including the hybrid court for South Sudan, the commission for truth, reconciliation and healing and the compensation and reparation authority, in accordance with the procedures outlined in the Revitalized Agreement; 11. Recognizes the importance of an inclusive process for national dialogue and the implementation of the Revitalized Agreement, and urges all parties and international partners to engage constructively with the African Union Commission, the African Union High Representative for South Sudan and the institutions created pursuant to the Revitalized Agreement; 12. Stresses the need for the effective and meaningful participation of women during all stages and in all structures envisaged in the Revitalized Agreement, and for all parties to the Agreement to meet their commitments regarding women’s representation and to have regard to the need to ensure balance in the representation of youth, gender and national and regional diversity in their appointments; 13. Calls upon the Revitalized Transitional Government of National Unity to allow and facilitate, in line with United Nations guiding principles of humanitarian assistance, the full, safe, rapid and unhindered access of relief personnel, equipment and supplies free of unnecessary duties and taxes to all those in need, in particular to the 1.67 million internally displaced persons and 6.35 million people who are food insecure; 14. Recognizes the important role and efforts of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development in bringing parties together to work towards a peaceful resolution to the conflict, supporting the inclusion of civil society, women and youth in the negotiations and securing the Revitalized Agreement; 15. Also recognizes the important role of the reconstituted Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Commission and the Ceasefire and Transitional Security Arrangements Monitoring and Verification Mechanism in supporting the implementation of the Revitalized Agreement and its ceasefire provisions, and urges all parties and international partners to engage constructively with all the bodies created pursuant to the Revitalized Agreement; 16. Welcomes the report of the Secretary-General on children and armed conflict,1 while expressing grave concern at the findings of the Secretary-General in his report on children and armed conflict in South Sudan2 and of the Panel of Experts on South Sudan submitted pursuant to Security Council resolution 2428 (2018) of 9 April 2019; 3 17. Also welcomes the joint reports of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and the United Nations Mission in South Sudan entitled “Conflict-related violations and abuses in Central Equatoria: September 2018–April 2019” and “Conflict-related sexual violence in Northern Unity: September–December 2018”, while deeply concerned by their findings regarding the persistence of localized conflict-related sexual violence against women and men, boys and girls, and the lack of accountability for perpetrators; 18. Takes note with appreciation of the report of the Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan4 and the recommendations contained therein; 19. Notes with appreciation that the Government of South Sudan has cooperated with the Office of the High Commissioner, the special procedures of the Human Rights Council and the Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan in the fulfilment of its mandate, including by authorizing travel to and within the country and providing meetings and relevant information, and calls upon the Government to cooperate fully and 1 2 3 4 A/73/907–S/2019/509. S/2018/865. S/2019/301. A/HRC/43/56. 3

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