The UN Security Council has unanimously approved a resolution threatening non-military sanctions against Sudan and South Sudan if they do not halt escalating violence and return to negotiations.
The resolution endorses an African Union plan aimed at getting the two countries to step back from the brink of war and resolve their differences.
Addressing the body after the vote, South Sudan's minister of cabinet affairs, Deng Alor, stated his government's "solemn commitment" to comply with the resolution.
But Sudan's UN ambassador, Daffa-Alla Elhag Ali Osman, expressed reservations, saying peace will only be achieved if South Sudan stops "all forms of support and sheltering of proxy and rebel armed groups".
Al Jazeera's Kristen Saloomy reports from New York.
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