News (Consolidated) - UNSOM

Some 850 peacekeepers from Nepal were awarded the United Nations medal for their service and sacrifice towards the aim of achieving durable peace across South Sudan. “I’m very proud to be a part of UNMISS,” says Captain Chunadevi Paudel, a peacekeeper from Nepal, upon receiving the United Nations…

Bangladeshi peacekeepers in Wau distributing a donation of educational material. Bangladeshi peacekeepers based in Wau and serving with the United Nations Mission in South Sudan have donated textbooks and teaching material to a local school, specifically targeting internally displaced learners. “I…

On 29 September 2020, David Shearer, the UN’s top envoy in South Sudan, said that tangible progress in the peace process across the country is a crucial issue, while speaking at a press conference. Other key issues touched upon by the Mr. Shearer included unhindered access for UNMISS peacekeepers…

Reports from Eastern Equatoria say that more than 300 teenage girls were either raped, forced into marriage, or used as “girl child compensation” (given to another family as compensation for a crime committed by a member of her family), during the COVID-19 lockdown in South Sudan. Only 20 of these…

On 29 September 2020, David Shearer, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General and Head of UNMISS, briefed media partners on the current situation in South Sudan. The briefing was held at the mission's headquarters in Juba. [near verbatim] PRESS CONFERENCE TRANSCRIPT – OPENING REMARKS AND Q…

UNIFIL peacekeepers have continued with donations in support of local communities’ fight against COVID-19 pandemic. In the past weeks, Italian peacekeepers donated two modern equipment for processing swabs to public hospital laboratories in the south-western towns of Tyre and Bint Jbeil. The…

A workshop in Bor led to the formation of a Jonglei State committee to implement an action plan to end violations of the rights of children in armed conflicts. A technical committee has been formed in Bor to implement the comprehensive action plan to end and prevent grave violations against children…

United Nations Annual Report Dear colleagues, You all will have received the message below announcing the availability of the Annual Report in both an e-book and Easy-to-Read format. While the official report has been available for some weeks, these versions provide a much more approachable way for…

The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) welcomes today’s announcement of a framework agreement to launch negotiations between Lebanon and Israel on maritime and land boundary demarcation between the two countries. UNIFIL stands ready to extend to the parties all the support at its…

Physically distant but closely together in their demands for the speedy formation of a new government in Northern Bahr-el-Ghazal State: civil society representatives at an UNMISS-led forum. Civil society and faith-based groups in Northern Bahr-el-Ghazal State have called for the speedy formation of…

The UN Secretary-General has called for parties in the Central African Republic (CAR) to prioritize national dialogue and consensus-building ahead of elections scheduled to begin in December. “The coming period will be decisive for the country”, António Guterres told a high-level meeting on the…

Maria Kabatanya United Nations police officer Balkissa Nassamou Nana has no qualms about making it known that her gender is an invaluable asset to the work of MINUSCA’s proximity police team in the Kilometre 5 (PK5) neighbourhood of Bangui’s 3rd arrondissement in the Central African Republic (CAR)…