Foreign policy of the Republic of South Sudan shall serve the national interest and shall
be conducted independently and transparently with the view to achieving the following:

• Promotion of international cooperation, specially within the United Nations
  family, African Union and other international and regional organizations, for the
  purposes of consolidating universal peace and security, respect for international
  law, treaty obligations and fostering a just world economic order;
• Achievement of African economic integration, within the ongoing regional plans
  and fora as well as promoting African unity and co-operation as foreseen in those
  plans;
• Enhancement of respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms regionally
  and internationally;
• Promotion of dialogue among civilizations and establishment of international
  order based on justice and common human destiny;
• Respect for international law and treaty obligations, as well as the seeking of the
  peaceful settlement of international disputes by negotiation, mediation,
  conciliation, arbitration and adjudication;
• Enhancement of economic cooperation among countries of the region;
• Non-interference in the affairs of other States, promotion of good-
  neighbourliness and mutual cooperation with all neighbours and maintaining
  amicable and balanced relations with other countries;
• And combating international and trans-national organized crime, piracy and
  terrorism.