News (Consolidated) - UNSOM

7 October 2010 – The UN Security Council delegation to Sudan concluded their two-day stay in the Southern Sudanese capital of Juba with a visit to the Dr. John Garang Unified Memorial Police Training Academy in the nearby town of Rejaf. Delegation head Dr. Susan Rice of the United States underscored…

9 October 2010 -- Both parties to the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) were committed to fully implement the accord in holding peaceful and credible referenda on time, although the established timeline was tight, UN Security Council (UNSC) representatives said today in Khartoum, as they ended a…

10 October 2010 - Members of the UN Secretary-General's panel tasked with monitoring the upcoming referenda on self-determination in Sudan arrived today in Khartoum to begin their first visit to the country. The three-member panel, which will operate independently of the UN Mission in Sudan, is…

11 October 2010 – The Southern Sudan Disarmament, Demobilisation and Rehabilitation Commission (SSDDRC) and the Integrated UN DDR unit launched the disarmament process for some 2,600 ex-combatants in Eastern Equatoria State today. Seven ex-combatants, including three women and four men, were…

Members of the United Nations Secretary-General's panel tasked with monitoring the upcoming referenda on self-determination in Sudan have arrived today in Khartoum to begin their first visit to the country. The three-member panel is scheduled to visit Khartoum, Juba and Abyei and will talk with…

12 October, 2007 – A three-day conference on women and the 2011 referendum was convened today at the Southern Sudan Legislative Assembly building in Juba by the Office of the President of the Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) and the GoSS Ministry of Gender, Child and Social Welfare. Held in…

12 October 2010 - Soldiers from the Joint Integrated Units (JIUs) graduated today from a four-week first aid and emergency medicare training conducted by UNMIS Bangladesh Medical Team in Central Equatoria State. Some 38 soldiers, drawn from the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Sudan People's…

Hosting Ambassador Ruhukana Rugunda, the Representative of Uganda, Ambassador Susan Rice, the US Permanent Representative to the UN and Ambassador Mark Lyall Grant, the UK Permanent Representative. Read the full transcript

15 October 2010 - The two referenda on self-determination in Sudan could still occur on schedule if all parties immediately stepped up efforts to ensure a credible vote, the UN Secretary-General's Panel on the Referenda in the Sudan said today as it concluded its first visit to the country. Speaking…

13 October 2010 – Fifteen referendum sub-committee members from the Raja, Wau and Jur River counties in Western Bahr El Ghazal State were sworn in today at a ceremony in the State High Referendum Committee offices in the capital of Wau. Justice Chan Reec Madut, chairperson of the Southern Sudan…

13 October 2010 - A three-day dialogue on Southern Sudan's upcoming referendum and citizens rights brought together some 200 civil society representatives and community leaders in the Western Bahr El-Ghazal State capital of Wau. Discussions at the event, organized by the non-governmental…

15 October 2010 - The UN Integrated Referendum and Electoral Division (UNIRED) delivered office furniture, computers and training kits valued at $7 million to the Juba- based Southern Sudan Referendum Bureau (SSRB) to support upcoming registration of voters for the January 2011 referendum. SSRB…