The following criteria for more effectively resolving the conflict in South Sudan were developed by the South Sudan Reflection Group, facilitated by the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung South Sudan Office. The Reflection Group was comprised of experts and senor civil-society representatives from South Sudan and other African countries who have long engaged in and with South Sudan. The Reflection Group sought to identify what is needed to externally support efforts to end the conflict – inclusively, collectively and sustainably. These criteria represent Reflection Group members’ minimum consensus and do not claim to be comprehensive – or sufficient for establishing peace in South Sudan.