News (Consolidated) - UNSOM

The UNMISS Human Rights Division in Northern Bahr el Ghazal State today donated hundreds of publications to the Legislative Assembly in the state capital Aweil. UNMISS State Coordinator, Koliab Nahataba, handed over a total of 228 publications in English and Arabic, covering various Human Rights…

Political parties are expected to play a vital role in creating sustainable peace in post-conflict societies, an UNMISS official said in the Western Bahr El-Ghazal State capital Wau today. UNMISS Civil Affairs Officer Victor Fasama was speaking at a workshop to sensitize state political parties on…

Women from various internally displaced communities living at the UNMISS protection of civilians (PoC) site in Malakal, Upper Nile State, attended an open peace forum today. Organized by the UNMISS Gender Unit, the one-day workshop focused on the implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1325…

To strengthen the role of internally displaced persons (IDPs) in preventing, managing and resolving conflicts in their communities, UNMISS today held a workshop for women living in Mahad IDP camp in Juba. The workshop, which targeted women from different ethnic groups, was also aimed at averting…

A delegation from the United States Congress today visited an UNMISS protection-of-civilians site (PoC) in Juba and toured activities supported with U.S. Government funding. According to Haile Gasmaw, UNICEF Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Specialist, these projects include water, sanitation and…

Focusing on gender-based issues in conflict, Western Equatoria State residents today completed a two-day workshop in the state capital Yambio. Some 36 participants from all 10 counties attended the UNMISS-organized activity aimed at discussing the impact of conflict on women and designing mechanisms…

The World Food Programme (WFP) was working with the South Sudan Civil Aviation Authority and UNMISS peacekeepers to determine why a plane chartered by the WFP crash landed in the Upper Nile State capital Malakal, an official said today. In an interview with Radio Miraya, WFP Communication Officer…

It was vital for women in South Sudan not to be satisfied only with having their rights enshrined in the country’s peace agreement, but rather to work towards its implementation, the top UNMISS official said in Juba today. “The spirit of the peace agreement for promoting women’s rights and…

Exclusion of women in Lakes State in consultations on the peace process led by Inter-governmental Authority on Development had left a gap which would affect the implementation of national peace plans, women in Cueibet County, Lakes State said today. The women were taking part in an open peace forum…

It was vital for women to scale up their participation in the peace and security affairs of South Sudan, the top UNMISS official in Western Bahr el Ghazal said in the state capital Wau today. UNMISS State Coordinator Winnie Babihuga was speaking at the opening ceremony of an Open Peace Forum…

To enhance conflict mitigation through traditional conflict transformation mechanisms, UNMISS today organized a workshop in the Lakes State capital Rumbek. The event drew together government officials, county leaders, payam administrators, traditional leaders, youth and women from various counties…

Aiming to maintain peaceful co-existence, two neighbouring communities from South Sudan and Sudan today started meeting in the Northern Bahr el Ghazal State capital Aweil. Over 200 participants, from the Malual Dinka community in the state and from the Misseriya in Sudan’s West Kordofan State, are…