JUBA, July 19 (Xinhua) -- Head of UN for peacekeeping operations is due in South Sudan next week for a series of meetings with political leaders and humanitarian actors, the UN mission said on Wednesday.
A statement from the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) said Jean-Pierre Lacroix, the UN Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations will also hold talks with the internally displaced people living in Protection of Civilians' sites.
"He will visit the capital, Juba, as well as the northern towns of Malakal and Bentiu, where UNMISS is protecting more than 145,000 people living in Protection of Civilians' sites," the mission said.
It said Lacroix will advocate the cessation of hostilities across the country, the importance of an inclusive political solution for ending the current conflict, and greater cooperation with the UNMISS and humanitarian agencies.
UNMISS has an authorized peacekeeping force of up to 17,000 troops from 54 Troop-Contributing Countries and up to 2,100 police personnel, including individual police officers, formed police units and corrections officers.
Its mission is to work with the people of South Sudan to protect civilians and to build durable peace.
