UNMISS team observes disarmament in Boma
20 March 2012 – Over 100 guns have been collected in the Jonglei town of Boma and environs since a statewide civilian disarmament campaign began there a week ago. That was among the most significant findings of a team of UNMISS and UN Development Programme (UNDP) staff members who visited the area…
Vice President Machar urges Murle to surrender small arms
20 March 2012 – The South Sudanese Vice President Riek Machar called on members of the Murle ethnic group to surrender their weapons to the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) during a visit today to the Jonglei State towns of Pibor and Manyabol. Accompanied by Jonglei Governor Kuol Manyang Juuk…
Disarmament campaign in Ayod County off to peaceful start
21 March 2012 – The statewide disarmament campaign in Jonglei is proceeding peacefully in Ayod County, according to local officials and residents who met with an UNMISS integrated monitoring team today. The acting county commissioner Thon Kamis said a series of rallies was held to explain the…
16 Mar. SRSG Radhika Coomaraswamy
Hosting Ms. Radhika Coomaraswamy, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations for Children and Armed Conflict. Read the full transcript
UNMISS holds first military medal parade
22 March 2012 – The first medal parade since the establishment of UNMISS was held today at the mission's Tomping compound in Juba and brought together personnel from five different military contingents. "I do congratulate the recipients of the awards," said the Special Representative of the UN…
UNMISS Shows Support for Misseriya-Dinka-Malual Peace Conference
Juba, 20 February 2012: The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General, Ms. Hilde F. Johnson, travelled at the weekend to Aweil, Northern Bahr el Ghazal state, to attend the opening ceremony of the Misseriya – Dinka Malual Peace Conference and to show the Mission's continued…
UNMISS SRSG in Pibor Urges Renewed Peace Drive and Stresses Humanitarian Needs
On Saturday 7 January, the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General (SRSG) to South Sudan, Hilde F. Johnson, visited Pibor town and Fartait village in Jonglei State following the recent attacks by the Lou Nuer Youth. The SRSG was accompanied by UNMISS Force Commander, General Moses Obi and…
UNMISS Launches Sensitization Seminar for the SPLA
Juba, 24 February 2012: The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) yesterday launched the first of a series of sensitization seminars in Juba for Commanders of the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA), in an effort to build confidence, share information and inform about the Mission's…
UNMISS Hands over Computer Centre and Library in Torit
Torit, 28 February 2012: In an effort to enhance computer literacy and encourage reading amongst students in the Eastern Equatorial State (EES) of South Sudan, the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) yesterday commissioned and handed over a Computer Centre and Library to the Torit…
Transitional constitution signed in Upper Nile State
21 March 2012 -- The Upper Nile State Governor Simon Kun Puoch signed into law the state's transitional constitution at a ceremony held today in Malakal Stadium. The guest of honor was Peter Adwok Nyaba, the Minister of Higher Education in the Government of South Sudan who was born and grew up in…
SPLA general vows to discipline unruly soldiers
22 March 2012 -- In an exclusive interview, the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) general in charge of theJonglei civilian disarmament campaign said that about 9,300 guns had been collected thus far. Lt. Gen. Kuol Deim Kuol spoke with UNMISS public information officer Hailemichael Gebrekrstos in…
UNMISS Peackeepers Honoured in South Sudan
Juba, 22 March 2012: The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) today commended the work of its peacekeepers deployed in the country during its first medal parade since the establishment of the mission on 9 July 2011.