This report insists that efforts continue to be made to resolve the outstanding issues between Sudan and South Sudan on implementing the comprehensive peace agreement of 2005, with the help of the international community. The two countries should refrain from using threats and force, and respect the Addis Ababa agreements of December 2012. Better systems are needed to make the best use of the oil revenues in the region.
The report calls on South Sudan to ratify the Cotonou Agreement between the EU and African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) states. It also asks the EU to support the development of a permanent constitution based on popular consultation and to extend the mandate of the special representative for Sudan and South Sudan, which would increase the leverage and visibility of the EU. The implementation of laws and regulations already in place is lagging behind, so we welcome the EU's efforts to support capacity-building in the legal system. The rapporteur also calls for an end to child marriages and to the harassment, unlawful detention and censorship of journalists and human rights activists.. The authorities should carry out prompt, effective and impartial investigations into all allegations of such acts and hold those responsible to account.