JUBA, June 10 (Xinhua) -- South Sudan said on Monday it is readying to ratify the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on their Destruction.

Michael Makuei Lueth, minister of information and broadcasting, told journalists that the cabinet has unanimously endorsed the ratification of the treaty on prevention of biological weapons.

The convention was a multilateral disarmament treaty banning the production of an entire category of weapons.

It was opened for signature on 10 April 1972 and entered into force on 26 March 1975.

South Sudan is currently implementing the revitalized peace deal signed in September 2018 in Ethiopia to end about five years of conflict that killed tens of thousands and displaced over two million people.

The UN Security Council in late May extended the arms embargo on South Sudan including assets freeze and sanctions on senior government officials until May 31, 2020.

The arms embargo was first imposed in July 2018 after violence escalated in the world's youngest nation following the collapse of the August 2015 peace deal. Enditem

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