The Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration at the U.S. Department of State Elizabeth Campbell has urged the transitional unity government to provide assistance to vulnerable South Sudanese population.

“We emphasized the transitional government’s responsibility to use public revenue to assist the approximately 75 percent of its own population in need of humanitarian aid, as well as the more than 740,000 people, mostly South Sudanese, who have fled from Sudan since April 2023,” said Campbell in  a statement on Monday.

Campbell visited Juba from July 16-19, accompanied by Josh Black, the National Security Council Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Multilateral Affairs.

She visited the Gorom Refugee Settlement, where she spoke with refugees and aid agencies providing them with assistance.

Campbell said that the U.S government recently announced donation of over $57 million meant to address urgent needs of crisis-affected people in South Sudan.

She said the total U.S. humanitarian assistance to South Sudan since independence exceeds $7.3 billion.

“We called for the establishment of a system for full and consistent implementation of exemptions from taxes, duties, and fees for the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), UN agencies, humanitarian organizations, and diplomatic missions,” said Campbell.