News (Consolidated) - UNSOM

8 July 2014- To help store blood for patients in need, President Salva Kiir inaugurated a new National Public Health Laboratory, Blood Bank and Diagnostic Center in Juba today. The laboratory, worth about 16 million South Sudanese pounds, is expected to accommodate more than 1000 litres of blood. It…

Juba, 8 July 2014 - In her final action as the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for South Sudan, Hilde F. Johnson delivered the following remarks at a press encounter held in Juba International Airport this afternoon.

9 July 2014 - As South Sudan celebrates its third independence anniversary today, the top UN official yesterday reminded the country’s political leaders that the ongoing crisis is man-made and that it is their responsibility and within their power to stop it. In a statement issued by his…

9 July 2014 - The South Sudanese people voted in the referendum to become “first class citizens” in their own country, but were now at risk of losing that freedom, President Salva Kiir Mayardit said in Juba today as the country commemorated its third Independence Day anniversary. “What you are doing…

9 July 2014 - Even before the crisis, many South Sudanese people saw no reason to celebrate independence, internally displaced persons (IDPs) said in Juba recently, ahead of today’s third independence anniversary celebrations. As the country commemorated the anniversary, the mood in protection-of…

9 July 2014 - There were repeated calls for peace and security to prevail in the country as hundreds of people gathered in the capitals of South Sudan’s ten states to celebrate the third Independence Day anniversary. Addressing crowds gathered in the Eastern Equatoria State capital Torit, Governor…

Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary General Raisedon Zenenga, UN Police Commissioner Fred Yiga and UNMISS Human Rights Director Ibrahim Wani meeting South Sudan National Police Service leadership in Juba to explain the mission’s new mandate. Photo: UNMISS/Tian Shen

9 July 2014 - The real humanitarian heroes in South Sudan were the country’s citizens who were doing everything possible to assist fellow citizens in need, the Acting Humanitarian Coordinator Sue Lautze said in a statement today. “As a humanitarian community, we take this opportunity to salute the…

10 July 2014 - The African Union (AU) General Assembly today extended by three months the mandate of its Commission of Inquiry on South Sudan to allow for more extensive consultations, a statement issued by the AU in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa said. The five-member Commission, headed by…

11 July 2014 - U.S. Ambassador to South Sudan Susan Page today led a high-level delegation to the UNMISS base in the Upper Nile State capital Malakal to assess the needs of internally displaced persons (IDPs) seeking shelter there. The delegation included officials from UNMISS, USAID, the British…

14 July 2014 - In an urgent effort to prevent cholera from spreading within the UNMISS Malakal Protection of Civilians (PoC) site and surrounding areas, the mission today began draining stagnant water in the camp. Ongoing, heavy rain in the Upper Nile State capital for the past few months has led to…

16 July 2014 - Deeply concerned by escalating crises in Sudan and South Sudan, the top UN relief official warned today that the humanitarian situation was deteriorating for hundreds of thousands of people in both countries. “I told [Security] Council members that this suffering is taking place in an…