News (Consolidated) - UNSOM

This year's UN International Peace Day celebrations occurred in various corners of Sudan and spotlighted the self-determination referenda scheduled to take place in January 2011 in Southern Sudan and Abyei. This year's festivities featured the twin themes of Youth for Peace and Development from the…

22 September 2010 – The referendum is a nationally owned process, to which the UN Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) provides logistics assistance and technical advice but no monitoring, the head of the UN Integrated Referendum and Elections Division (UNIRED) Denis Kadima stressed during his first press…

Hosting Mr. Denis K. Kadima, Director of the United Nations Integrated Referendum and Electoral Division (UNIRED). Read the full transcript

24 September 2010 – A three-day forum to discuss the role of Upper Nile State counties in Sudan's upcoming referenda ended on 24 September in Malakal with commissioners pledging support to a peaceful and credible process. In his closing remarks to the representatives of Upper Nile State's 13…

24 September 2010 – Juba-based Coalition of Civil Society Organizations for Referendum in Southern Sudan conducted a peaceful procession demanding timely, transparent and credible referenda. Hundreds of citizens took part in the procession in Juba, which ended at the regional headquarters of the UN…

27 September 2010 – Officers of the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) begun a four-day training in the Southern Sudanese capital of Juba to equip them with the necessary tools to monitor and promote children's rights. Children used to be absorbed by the army to help prepare meals and fetch water…

28 September 2010 – Fifteen Southern Sudan Prison Services (SSPS) officers from the newly introduced Court Liaison Unit completed a two-day training course on court liaison guidelines in Juba. Drawn from Central, Western and Eastern Equatoria states, the officers trained in topics like improving…

1 October 2010 - Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) President Salva Kiir Mayardit has urged the people of Southern Sudan to allow free campaigning for the upcoming referenda in Southern Sudan and Abyei, scheduled for 9 January 2011. Speaking in Juba during a welcoming ceremony following his return…

30 September 2010 – Officials from the Southern Sudan Relief and Rehabilitation Commission (SSRRC), the United Nations and non-governmental organizations concluded a two-day brainstorming workshop today on a state-level humanitarian action plan to meet critical needs in the most vulnerable counties…

4 October 2010 - Newly elected Upper Nile State Governor Simon Kun Puoch made his first official visit to UNMIS in Malakal today, where he held discussions with civilian, police and military components on various issues, including the referendum. Accompanied by Malakal County Commissioner Shouki…

4 October 2010 – Sudan's Second Vice-President Ali Osman Taha said today that the prerequisite for holding a referendum in the contested Abyei area depended on reconciliation between the two parties. Addressing a press conference in Khartoum, Mr. Taha said the referendum on Southern Sudan's self…

5 October 2010 - To discuss preparations for the upcoming referenda, representatives of Japan met today with the Western Bahr El-Ghazal State High Committee for Referendum and UN officials in Wau. Team head and Director for the Secretariat of the International Peace Cooperation at the Japanese…