UNMISS PoC sites Update No.154
UNMISS PoC sites Update No.154
UNMISS PoC sites Update No.154
UNMISS supports football match for inter-University Peace League
Opening ceremony for the Inter-University Peace League Sponsored by UNMISS
2 March 2017 – The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) received two certificates of appreciation from the University of Juba today as the Mission and local universities in Juba organized the UNMISS Peace Fair along…
Press Statement: As South Sudan’s people suffer, their leaders must step up
“South Sudan’s political leadership needs to support its own citizens, who are in desperate need across the country and cease hostilities,” the United Nations Special Representative to the Secretary-General for South Sudan…
Displaced in Leer, Padeah County awaiting food aid
Starving populations appeal for Peace as UN and Partners rush with Food aid
04 March 2017, South Sudan (UNMISS) -- "We are happy because the United Nations has arrived here to bring us food” said Martha Nyordit, a mother of five in Padeah county of Leer in Unity, one of the areas that has been worst…
UN Relief Chief: Step up action now to avert famine in South Sudan
06 March 2017, Juba - The Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Stephen O’Brien, has said urgent action is needed to avert a possibility of pushing more than one million people on…
Humanitarian partners step up action to help communities rebuild lives in Leer
“The most striking image that we have seen on the ground is the image of desolation, you see abandoned villages, abandoned houses, the markets that are not functioning anymore; to me this was the most striking image, " says…
UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka implores women to be part of the digital revolution
08 March 2016 - “As they grow up, girls must be exposed to a broad range of careers,” says UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka on International Women’s Day celebrated across the world today. The theme for…
An art piece by South Sudanese artist Abul Oyay Deng
Meet South Sudan Female Artist using paint to advocate for the elderly women
08 March 2017 - A young female South Sudanese is using paint to create vivid images that picture the plight of the elderly women in the South Sudanese communities she grew up in. “If you look at all the wrinkles that she has…
UNMISS Quick Impact Project supports construction of Wau female juvenile detention center
Wau, South Sudan - Girls caught in conflict with the law in Wau will soon no longer have to face the double sentence of sharing prison space with adult inmates, after ground was broken for a female wing at the Wau juvenile…
UNFPA project to ensure maternal health in South Sudan
08 March 2017 - The United Nations Population Fund – UNFPA, has enhanced its midwifery education program, designed to increase the number of women attended to by qualified health personnel particularly midwives in South Sudan…
Youths living in the PoC site in Malakal entertain guests at IWD Celebrations in Malakal
UNMISS, IDPs celebrate International Women’s Day in Malakal
8 th March 2017 – To mark the International Women’s Day, celebrated globally on 8 March, hundreds of women, men and children, internally-displaced persons, the United Nations Mission in South Sudan - UNMISS, and other UN…
FAO distributes fishing kits to hunger stricken communities in Unity
09 March 2017 - Starving communities in Southern Unity have received a boost of 8,000 fishing kits from the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). “The distribution in the areas of Mayendit, Leer and Koch will help increase…