UN envoy underscores diminishing violence in South Sudan since peace agreement

David Shearer, special representative of the UN secretary general and head of the UN Mission in South Sudan, speaks to journalists during a press conference at the UN headquarters in New York, Feb. 5, 2019. Violence in South Sudan has diminished since a peace agreement was reached between the government and the opposition in September last year, a UN envoy said on Tuesday. (Xinhua/Li Muzi)