UNPOL trains 80 community policing focal points in Torit on human rights, international humanitarian law
Police Community Relations Committees help local police maintain law and order as well as respond efficiently to potential crime. 80 members of such Committees in Eastern Equatoria were recently trained by UNPOL officers…
Pakistani peacekeepers serving with UNMISS construct earthen dykes to prevent flooding in Bentiu
Braving snakes and swampy waters, UNMISS peacekeepers from Pakistan responded to an urgent call by state officials in Bentiu to help prevent massive flooding and displacement by constructing four kilometers of dykes. Photo by…
Ituri: MONUSCO is rehabilitating the Komanda - Luna Road Section in Irumu
Ituri: MONUSCO is rehabilitating the Komanda - Luna Road Section in Irumu. Photo MONUSCO/Ado Abdou “We welcome this project very favorably, because the condition of the road from Komanda to Luna is very bad. (…) It will…
UNPOL officers serving with UNMISS receive prestigious United Nations medal for their service
Today, 23 UNPOL officers from Nepal received the UN medal for their service to the cause of durable peace in South Sudan at a meaningful ceremony held in the UNMISS headquarters in Juba. Photo by Yuppharat Pinkaew/UNMISS…
Maghazi Elzubair: “Young people are powerful actors for achieving environmental justice and sustaining peace”
Maghazi Ahmed Elzubair is a 19-year-old environmental activist from Sudan who is currently in Cyprus completing her university studies. As an advocate for environmental justice, social equality and peace, she believes that…
UNMISS, Ministry of Gender, Child and Social Welfare hold workshop in Juba on providing services to communities
The UNMISS Gender Unit recently supported a consultative workshop with the state Ministry of Gender, Child and Social Welfare in Central Equatoria to give local development partners a bird's eye view of strategic planning…
‘Steady but fragile progress’ must be protected through sustained dialogue and trust-building, SRSG Tanin tells Security Council
15 October 2021 - In his briefing to the United Nations’ Security Council on 15 October, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) and Head of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo…
Recent Kosovo-Serbia tensions could ‘unravel steady but fragile progress’
15 October 2021 - Tensions over vehicle licence plates and anti-smuggling operations, between authorities in Kosovo and Serbia, in recent weeks, may contribute to unravelling “steady but fragile progress made in rebuilding…
G5 + JOINT PRESS RELEASE
Bangui, October 16, 2021 The G5 +, a group of partner states and international institutions of the Central African Republic, welcomes the statement by the President of the Central African Republic calling for an end to…
Civil society in Eastern Equatoria trained by UNMISS on documenting human rights violations
Community leaders, civil society representatives and youth and women's groups in Eastern Equatoria were recently trained by UNMISS in forging close networks to document and report on human rights violations. Photo by Moses…
UNMISS peacekeepers join forces with Catholic Health Training Institute to battle COVID-19
Peacekeepers from Bangladesh deployed with UNMISS in Wau, South Sudan, recently trained students at the Catholic Health Training Institute here on preventing and mitigating the effects of COVID-19. Photo by Alahayi Nemaya…
UNMISS, Warrap state officials visit Tonj and call for peaceful negotiations to end conflict
UNMISS and Warrap state authorities recently visited conflict-ridden Tonj to listen to concerns raised by feuding communities and urge for peaceful reconciliation of disputes. Photo by Zejin Yin/UNMISS. Ongoing conflict…