Fighting in the capital, Juba, last month raised fears of a renewed civil war.
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“We do not want the protection force to be under UNMISS”, Makuei said, accusing the United Nations Mission in the Republic of South Sudan, which now has 12,000 troops, of failing to protect civilians.
The U.N. Security Council is negotiating a US -backed proposal for an additional 4,000-strong force to ensure peace in Juba, under UNMISS command.
The 12,000-strong UN peacekeeping mission in South Sudan, UNMISS, has faced criticism for failing to stem the latest bloodshed or fully protect civilians during the fighting.
The United States this week presented the council with the draft on deploying the protection force in the capital Juba to provide security and deter attacks on UN bases.
In June, The Intercept reported that rebel forces in South Sudan used child soldiers and that the U.S. State Department, under Hillary Clinton, sent arms despite a law that bans providing military assistance to nations that arm children.
African leaders last month approved a plan to dispatch a regional force to South Sudan and on Friday, the East African bloc IGAD said it had secured agreement from the government in Juba for the deployment.
The U.S. ambassador to South Sudan, Molly Phee, said the U.S. proposal is “entirely in line with what IGAD requested, and South Sudan is a member of IGAD”.
South Sudan’s government has seized at least 86 passports of United Nations workers and imposed other restrictions that are a “clear violation” of the U.N.’s operating agreement with the government, a spokeswoman for the United Nations mission, Yasmina Bouziane, told The Associated Press.
South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir addresses delegates during the swearing-in ceremony of First Vice President Taban Deng Gai at the Presidential Palace in the capital of Juba, South Sudan, July 26, 2016.
In addition, its World Food Program has had its flight clearances revoked for all food drops coming from neighboring Ethiopia, said a spokesman, George Fominyen.
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Returning from a trip to South Sudan, UN aid chief Stephen O’Brien said the country’s humanitarian crisis had worsened, with more people on the run and hungry across the country.
