Humanitarian appeal seeks $1.1 billion, sets new direction
14 November 2013 - The South Sudanese government and aid agencies launched the humanitarian appeal for 2014-2016 today, seeking $1.1 billion to meet the needs of the most vulnerable. The appeal would target 3.1 million people across the country in 2014. This comes to some $355 per person, including…
Western Equatoria officials learn accountability
15 November 2013 – To assist the government officials in delivering services to local citizens, the UN Development Programme (UNDP) today concluded a training on accountability of public funds in the Western Equatoria State capital Yambio. Some 33 officials from all 10 counties attended the two-day…
World Toilet Day
South Sudan joins the international community on 19 November in marking World Toilet Day, which aims to change behaviour on issues ranging from water management to open air defecation. Of the world’s seven billion people, only 4.5 billion have access to toilets or latrines. South Sudan is one of 22…
Some signs of hope in South Sudan, UN envoy says
18 November 2013 – Beset by enormous challenges, South Sudan was “travelling a bumpy road” amid some positive signs, the top UN envoy for South Sudan warned today at UN headquarters in New York. “South Sudan is at a crossroads,” Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's Special Representative, Hilde F…
South Sudan at cross roads, says Ban
19 November 2013 - Recent events had provided South Sudan with new opportunities, despite grave concerns about security in Jonglei State, UN chief Ban Ki-moon said in his most recent report on the country. Covering events over the last four months, the Secretary-General said actions to hold some…
South Koreans donate sporting goods to Jonglei university
19 November 2013 - Seeking to enhance educational facilities in Jonglei State, UNMISS South Korean engineers today donated sporting goods to Dr. John Garang Memorial University of Science and Technology in the capital Bor.Worth a total of $3,000, the items included 20 soccer uniforms, 10 balls, two…
Universal Children’s Day
Commemorating Universal Children’s Day on 20 November, South Sudan signed a bill to ratify the Convention on the Rights of Child (CRC). If signed, it will become the latest country to ratify the CRC, a legally binding international instrument incorporating the full range of human rights for children…
Tonj South officials learn human rights, rule of law
19 November 2013 - Working to promote human rights, rule of law and peace in Warrap State, UNMISS held an awareness-raising workshop today in Tonj South Country. Opening the event, County Executive Director Mangok Kom Nyuol stressed the need for peace and noted that human rights were part of the…
Parliament passes bill to ratify child rights convention
20 November 2013 - As the world commemorated Universal Children’s Day today, South Sudan took a major step towards ratifying the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) when the national legislative assembly passed the bill in the capital Juba. If the president signs the bill, South Sudan will…
Health partners working to control kala azar in Malakal
20 November 2013 - The number of people reported to be suffering from kala azar disease in Upper Nile State had increased to 79 over the past few days, but partners were working to contain it, according to a hospital director in Malakal. John Chol Tipo, director of Malakal Teaching Hospital, noted…
Destroying left-over threats
Sargeant Chol Mayomdit and his team jumped into two all-terrain vehicles parked on a dusty field near Juba and headed for the local village to look for a bomb. When they arrived, the village chief told the four South Sudan National Police Service (SSNPS) officers he thought he had seen a mortar bomb…
Launching of the National Campaign against Sexual Exploitation and Abuse
Juba, 22 November 2013 - The Director General of the Ministry of Gender, Child, Social Welfare, Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management, Ms. Regina Ossa Lullo, accompanied by the Chief of the Conduct and Discipline Team of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), Ms. Nathalie Ndongo…