International Day of UN Peacekeepers
Preparing to raise the UN flag at celebrations for International Day of UN Peacekeepers in Juba on 29 May. Photo: UNMISS/Isaac Billy. Click for larger image
SSNPS add airport security to growing skills
3 June 2013 - South Sudanese police have added airport security to the growing list of skills they have picked up over the past few months with assistance from UN Police. The country's first 50 Airport Police Officers of the South Sudan National Police Service (SSNPS) graduated from a one-week…
Airport Police graduation
South Sudan National Police Service officer holding graduation certificate from UNMISS-assisted aviation security course at Juba International Airport on 3 June. The week-long course was one of several trainings UN Police has assisted SSNPS with over the past few months (see story "SSNPS add airport…
UN approves $5.4m to help civilians in Jonglei
5 June 2013 - The UN Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) has given aid agencies in South Sudan $5.4 million for medical aid and two helicopters to assist people affected by hostilities in Jonglei State, according to a statement released today by the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian…
Eastern Equatoria now calm, governor says
4 June 2013 - UNMISS support to government efforts had helped to contain episodes of insecurity in Eastern Equatoria, Governor Louis Lobong Lojore said in the state capital Torit today. In a meeting with UNMISS Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary General (DSRSG) Raisedon Zenenga, Brig…
World Environment Day
South Sudan joined the global community in celebrating World Environment Day on 5 June. For the new nation, a key environmental challenge is water resources management. Overall access to safe water is estimated at only 34 percent and improved sanitation close to 15 percent. Photo: UNMISS/Martine…
Malakal hosts workshop on justice for vulnerable groups
5 June 2013 - Seeking to improve delivery of justice for vulnerable groups, UNMISS concluded a two-day workshop for law enforcement institutions from Upper Nile and Unity states in Malakal today. The workshop, organized with support from the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), discussed justice…
Upper Nile media trained in child rights
5 June 2013 - Aiming to increase journalists' knowledge of ethics when reporting on children, UNICEF organized a two-day workshop that ended today in Upper Nile State. The workshop, held in the state capital Malakal, discussed media guidelines that seek to protect children's rights when interviewing…
UNMISS giving free veterinary lectures at Jonglei university
10 June 2013 - Recognizing the desperate shortage of trained teachers at Jonglei State's only university, UNMISS has been providing the Bor institution with free veterinary classes. The mission's Indian Battalion is responding to a request by Vice-Chancellor Professor Aggrey Ayuen Majok for guest…
Peacekeepers donate blood in Northern Bahr El-Ghazal
7 June 2013 – In what has become a regular tradition, UNMISS Kenyan Battalion peacekeepers donated blood to children and pregnant women at Aweil Civil Hospital today. Some 14 soldiers participated in the current exercise in Northern Bahr El-Ghazal State. More than 40 Kenyans have donated blood to…
New contract to ensure job security
Juba, 10 June 2013 - The global policy of the United Nations (UN) system on the protection of UN premises is no longer to hire individual contractors. Based on a resolution of the General Assembly of the UN, the current policy is to outsource the protection of UN premises.
DDR concludes brick-molding project in Jonglei
10 June 2013 - Concluding a brick-molding project today in Pariak, Jonglei State, UNMISS and the state government handed out buckets, carpets, wheelbarrows, shovels, brick molds, helmets, gumboots and gloves to 38 participants. The brick project, begun in November 2012, was carried out in…