The UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs has called for immediate implementation of procedures to ensure unhindered movement of aid assistance across South Sudan.

The Director of Operations for UNOCHA, John Ging, says emergency procedures are needed to allow quick movement and response of humanitarian teams.

In October this year, President Salva Kiir issued an executive order forming a nine-member joint committee tasked with overseeing access and delivery of humanitarian aid.

In Wau, the governor had separately directed security agencies to dismantle illegal checkpoints and give access to humanitarian workers.

Mr Ging said despite the directives, checkpoints continue to hinder delivery of medicines and other aid assistance to the people of Yei and other parts of the country.

At the end of his visit to the country, Mr Ging said in a statement circulated by the relief web that his convoy was delayed at a checkpoint for many hours, despite having the required security clearances.