July 2024, Juba— The Norwegian Embassy in Juba will continue its support for the Ceasefire and Transitional Security Arrangements Monitoring and Verification Mechanism (CTSAMVM), with funding this year.
Since its establishment, CTSAMVM has played a central role in monitoring and verifying the implementation of the Permanent Ceasefire and Transitional Security Arrangements (PCTSA) under the Revitalized Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in the Republic of South Sudan (R-ARCSS).
Norway is providing funding through March 2025. This support builds on longstanding Norwegian funding that has helped maintain CTSAMVM’s operational capabilities in monitoring and reporting on violations of the PCTSA.
“Norway has been standing by the people of South Sudan since long before independence and has been supporting the peace processes for more than two decades,” said Ambassador Linken Nymann Berryman.
“Since the R-ARCSS of 2018 Norway has continued supporting many of the different mechanisms as part of the Peace Agreement of which CTSAMVM is one important part. CTSAMVM’s efforts to monitor ceasefire violations and adequately report are important to maintaining the relative peace.”
This funding is part of Norway’s broader support to peace mechanisms established to monitor, verify, report and evaluate implementation of the R-ARCSS and its extended Roadmap.
The Chairperson of CTSAMVM, Major General Yitayal Gelaw Bitew, welcomed Norway’s continued support. “Through your consistent financial and political backing, CTSAMVM has been able to effectively carry out its mandate in South Sudan,” Gen. Bitew said.
With this additional funding, CTSAMVM will continue to monitor the progress of the implementation of the PCTSA, verify compliance, investigate and report on violations.
CTSAMVM is responsible for monitoring and verifying the implementation of the Permanent Ceasefire and Transitional Security Arrangements as laid out in Chapter II of the R-ARCSS. It reports to the IGAD Council of Ministers and the Reconstituted Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Commission (RJMEC).