News (Consolidated) - UNSOM

With cases of COVID-19 increasing in South Sudan, UNMISS continues to make all efforts to support the national-led response to the virus. Take the case of Warrap where the mission and partners have recently launched a much-needed isolation centre project. “This is a significant project for all of us…

“I commend the United Nations Mission in South Sudan for fighting the spread of the Coronavirus in Eastern Equatoria state. We realize that crucial information has not been widely understood because of communication barriers, so translating key messages into local languages is a great contribution,”…

UNMISS has provided an ambulance and a rapid response vehicle to the state COVID-19 task force in Wau, Western Bahr El-Ghazal State. “Today what is given to us indicates that the fight against the Coronavirus is far from over. The danger is still out there, and that is why we are receiving these…

“We did not have an ambulance before. This ambulance is going to bring a lot of changes to how we operate here. Now we can go out to the counties and directly respond to COVID-19 cases.” This was the grateful message shared by the Director-General of the Jonglei Ministry of Health, Dr. Samuel Majur…

One of the biggest challenges faced by health authorities around the world is finding a safe space to isolate, monitor and treat patients suffering from COVID-19. In South Sudan, this is even more difficult because of the fragile health system and dire state of medical facilities which have been…

As part of its support to the state-led fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, the United Nations Mission in South Sudan has handed over 500 re-usable face masks to the taskforce combatting the virus in Tambura County in Western Equatoria. “Since the outbreak of the Coronavirus, we have not received…

UNMISS Protection of Civilians (PoC) Sites Update No. 283 - 12 -18 June

Juba, 23 June 2020: The impact of COVID-19 risks undermining the fragile health system in South Sudan, causing the death of many more people from preventable health problems than the virus itself, said the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, David Shearer. In a briefing to the United…

Madame President and Council Members. Thank you for the opportunity to brief you on the situation in South Sudan. I would like to begin by acknowledging the devastation caused by COVID-19 to the people and economies of all Member States and nations around the world. These are truly challenging times…

Training young social workers and activists on COVID-19 prevention, thus turning them into trainers of others, is one way in which the United Nations Mission in South Sudan and its field office in Bor continues to support the nation’s fight against the pandemic. “We want the people themselves to be…

How can one make a living while at the same time contributing to the welfare of others in times of a global COVID-19 pandemic? Angelina Nyalatna and four other internally displaced people in Bentiu found a solution: using skills provided by the United Nations Development Programme, they produce and…

The United Nations Mission in South Sudan has delivered an ambulance, two other vehicles and two water tanks to assist the work of the Northern Bahr el Ghazal State COVID-19 Taskforce Committee. An incinerator and a waiting bay were also donated to the case management isolation centre of the state…