Subject: Keynote Speaker Announced | July 17 CSIS Event on Humanitarian Assistance in South Sudan
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July 17: Facilitating Humanitarian Access in South Sudan
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By the end of 2018, it is estimated that nearly 60 percent of the 12 million South Sudanese population will require international humanitarian assistance. To understand how the international community can deal with protracted humanitarian crises and address issues surrounding access to aid,

THE CSIS HUMANITARIAN AGENDA, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CSIS PROJECT ON PROSPERITY AND DEVELOPMENT, INVITES YOU TO A DISCUSSION ON:

Facilitating Humanitarian Assistance in South Sudan

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Tuesday, July 17, 2018

10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.

Introductory Remarks

Kimberly Flowers​​
Director, Humanitarian Agenda, CSIS

Keynote Address

Amb. Mary Catherine (Molly) Phee

Former Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for International Organization Affairs,
​U.S. Department of State

​Panel Discussion

Kate Almquist Knopf

Director, Africa Center for Strategic Studies

Joel R. Charny

Executive Director, Norwegian Refugee Council USA

Luka Kuol

Professor of Practice for Security Studies, Africa Center for Strategic Studies

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Moderated by

Erol Yayboke

Deputy Director and Fellow, Project on Prosperity and Development, CSIS

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After receiving its independence in 2011, the leaders of South Sudan were presented with an opportunity to collaborate and rebuild a country ravaged by decades of civil war. But after months of continued political tensions and mutual distrust among the historically antagonistic South Sudanese leaders, open conflict erupted in the country in late 2013. The inability to realize meaningful economic progress led to conflict between armed factions loyal to President Salva Kiir and Vice President Riek Machar.

The ongoing civil war has cost the lives of over 300,000 people, displacing more than 3.5 million, and left nearly 6 million at risk of starvation. By the end of 2018, it is estimated that nearly 60 percent of the 12 million South Sudanese population will require international humanitarian assistance. Over-militarization, worsening ethnic tensions between tribes, the targeting of civilians, and violations of children’s rights have become common-place. Humanitarian actors in South Sudan, who have long provided life-saving assistance to civilians, are now being blocked (and in some cases attacked) at a time when they are most needed. All sides of the conflict have employed various tactics to obstruct humanitarian access, to serve their own political, militaristic, and economic agendas.

This event is made possible through the support of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).

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