News (Consolidated) - UNSOM

Victims of human rights violations and abuses committed during the South Sudanese civil war should not lose hope that the perpetrators will be held accountable, says the chair of the Human Rights Commission in South Sudan, Yasmin Sooka. Members of the Human Rights Commission are on a fact-finding…

A new team of community leaders has been elected to the Peace and Security Council (PSC) at the Protection of Civilians site next to the United Nations base in Malakal, in the Upper Nile region of South Sudan. The team is responsible for representing the nearly 25,000 internally displaced people who…

The mandate of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan has been extended by the UN Security Council so it can continue working with the people of the country to protect civilians and build durable peace. The UN Security Council has passed Resolution 2392 extending the existing mandate which…

Sport as a universal language can be a powerful tool to promote peace, tolerance and understanding by bringing people across boundaries, cultures and religions together. In Melut in the Upper Nile region, peacekeepers from the UN Mission in South Sudan’s Indian Battalion engaged with the community…

The Secretary-General urges South Sudanese Parties to engage in good faith in the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) -led High-Level Revitalization Forum set to begin in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, next week. The Secretary-General is convinced that with full backing by the region and the…

The arrival of 150 Nepalese peacekeepers in Torit is enabling the United Nation to extend its presence through increased patrols across the eastern Equatorian region of South Sudan to help protect civilians and build durable peace. The Nepalese company is strengthening the United Nations Mission in…

“I am 55 years old and I am attending school with my children and my grandchildren. They even help me study and understand what we are learning.” These are the words of Rita Chol, one of the candidates from the United Nations Protection of Civilians (POC) site in Malakal, who completed the South…

UNMISS PoC sites Update No.184

The first Protection of Civilians site has been successfully closed in South Sudan after internally displaced families expressed the desire and confidence to return to their former homes. The site, next to the United Nations base in Melut in the Upper Nile region, had provided sanctuary to hundreds…

After four years living in cramped conditions, families are finally leaving the protected camp next to the United Nations base in Melut to return to their homes. Hundreds of people have sought sanctuary at the site since civil war broke out in South Sudan four years ago. A recent count registered…

The Sudan People’s Liberation Army brigade based in the troubled town of Pibor has committed to protecting children caught up in the armed conflict that has raged across the country for four years. Brigade 23 has pledged to protect children against six specific grave violations including recruitment…

The National Staff Association of the UN Mission in South Sudan has mobilized a variety of items to support vulnerable children at the Juba Orphanage Home and Al-Shabbah Children’s Hospital in the capital, Juba. Items delivered to the two institutions included rice, maize flour, beans, cooking oil…