a year ago, riek machar and salva kiir mayardit we re riek machar and salva kiir mayardit were sitting that would bring about peace. and within days of the meeting, salva kiir mayardit‘s forces were bombing riek machar‘s people and they were on the run on leaving the country. it blew up. who was responsible for that depends on who you speak to. up. who was responsible for that depends on who you speak tom up. who was responsible for that depends on who you speak to. in a senseisit depends on who you speak to. in a sense is it not your duty, as the un's top representative, the special envoy of the un to south sudan, at some point you will have to make some point you will have to make some calls and you say to your boss and to the world that this is the man who is responsible for the methods are sudan is in today. so why don't you tell me right now who you believe carries the responsibility. —— for the situation in south sudan today. responsibility. —— for the situation in south sudan todaylj responsibility. —— for the situation in south sudan today. i think right now we need to be looki

it's one of the biggest problems you face, the fact that the president of the country, salva kiir mayardit have had him on the programme, before. we had him here during a previous crisis a couple of years ago, but it is worse now. salva kiir mayardit does not really want you and your forces in his country. it is a complicated situation. i think for the government of south sudan, on the one hand, they are proud, they got their independence after a0 years of fighting. the thought that the un needs to be there is a bit of an anathema to them. 0n the other hand, they realise that we are mandated to be here and need to be there. it is a relationship we have to manage carefully. but they also recognise that if the un was not better, there would be tens of thousands of people who would not get food aid, that would not be protected, that would not be able to get water or medical supplies, et cetera. so they need us and we need to work carefully with them at the same time. salva kiir mayardit is at war with his former vice president, the other man who has lived through the liberation struggle and i