On March 3, 2015, the United Nations Security Council adopted Resolution 2206, which creates a system by which the Council can impose targeted sanctions on parties impeding peace in South Sudan. According to the press release, the Council “endorsed the Cessation of Hostilities Agreements accepted and signed by both the Governments of South Sudan and the Sudan Peoples’ Liberation Movement (SPLM)-in Opposition on 23 January 2014, 6 May 2014 and 9 May 2014” and demanded that “all parties adhere to and immediately implement the cessation of hostilities agreements.” The resolution applies to a broad range of actors including “those targeting civilians or attacking hospitals, religious sites, schools or locations where civilians seek refuge and recruiting or using children by armed forces or groups” and “those obstructing the work of international peacekeeping, diplomatic or humanitarian missions or hindering the delivery and distribution of humanitarian aid or access to such aid.”