CHAPTER III:HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE AND RECONSTRUCTION

3.1. *Agreed Principles for Humanitarian Assistance and Reconstructions*

3.1.1. During the Pre-Transitional Period and throughout the Transition, the
Parties shall create an enabling political, administrative, operational and
legal environment for the delivery of humanitarian assistance and
protection. In addition to the Permanent Ceasefire obligations described in
Chapter II, the warring Parties, shall ensure:
3.1.1.1. Secure access to civilian populations in need of emergency
humanitarian assistance and protection, including establishment of
safe humanitarian corridors;
3.1.1.2. The right of Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) to
return in safety and dignity and to be afforded physical, legal and
psychological protection;
3.1.1.3. The rights of returnees shall be respected in accordance with the
Bill of Rights as provided for in the Transitional Constitution of
the Republic of South Sudan (TCRSS), 2011, as amended. Given
that, efforts shall be made to assist in the re-unification of family
members who were separated during the conflict;
3.1.1.4. The right of Refugees and IDPs to citizenship and the
establishment of mechanisms for registration and appropriate
identification and/or documentation of affected populations
including their children, spouses, property, land and other
possessions which might have been lost during the conflict;
3.1.1.5. Exercise of the right of refugees and IDPs to return to their places
of origin and/or live in areas of their choice in safety and dignity;
3.1.2. During the Transition, the RTGoNU shall:
3.1.2.1. immediately institute programmes for relief, protection,
repatriation, resettlement, reintegration and rehabilitation of
Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) and returnees, in coordination
with the United Nations and other relief and humanitarian
agencies;
3.1.2.2. Offer special consideration to conflict-affected persons (children,
orphans, women, widows, war wounded, etc.), in the provision of
public services delivery, including access to health and education
services and grant the host communities the same benefit,
protection and humanitarian services;
3.1.2.3. Fast track procedures and institutions for the import and customs
clearance of relief materials;
3.1.2.4. Fast track procedures and institutions for the granting and
renewal of visas required by international personnel participating
in the humanitarian relief effort;
3.1.2.5. Within twelve (12) months into the Transitional Period, the
reconstituted NCAC shall review the Non-Governmental
Organizations Act, 2016, to ensure that such legislation complies
with international best practice in regulating the activities of Non-
Governmental Organizations (NGOs) in South Sudan

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