Limits to NS Auxiliary role --- The context varies from country to country. Auxiliary role does not limit the NS but it depends on how close the NS is affiliated to the government and is not seen as impartial, neutral and Independent in the way their leaders are appointed and how it runs its day to day business. In South Sudan we have been able to work on both sides of the pollical and military divide without a problem. The Institution is accepted on both sides but there were cases where individuals were not accepted in certain geographical areas due their ethnicity.

Source author: John Lobor john.lobor@ssdredcross.org