News (Consolidated) - UNSOM

Juba, 24 March 2022: Nicholas Haysom, the Secretary-General’s Special Representative for South Sudan, and Head of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) has urged all signatories to the Revitalized Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in South Sudan (R-ARCSS) to respect this vital…

NORTHERN BAHR EL GHAZAL - Peace. Partnerships. Progress. These were the main objectives of the Secretary-General’s Deputy Special Representative and Resident Coordinator for South Sudan, Sara Beysolow Nyanti’s maiden visit to Aweil, Northern Bahr El Ghazal. And nothing encapsulated them more than…

GREATER PIBOR ADMINISTRATIVE AREA – Health is, indeed, wealth as the adage goes. Nobody understands this better than Blue Helmets serving with the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) who have been protecting civilians and helping build a durable peace in the world’s youngest nation…

JONGLEI – For the most part legal professionals in Jonglei, have been setting up ad hoc ‘offices’ under trees, to deliver necessary services to community members. However, this changed when the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), handed over a newly constructed facility to these…

LAKES – Building capacities among local counterparts is something United Nations Police (UNPOL) officers in South Sudan are passionate about. In Cuiebet, Lakes state, some 50 police officers from the South Sudan National Police Service (SSNPS) recently attended two workshops facilitated by UNPOL…

JONGLEI – With floods and repeated conflict, people in Jonglei have had little to celebrate in past months. All that changed last weekend, though, when some 5,000 ecstatic fans—youth from several different ethnic group amongst them—came together to sing and dance along to the impossible-to-resist…

Juba, 1 April 2022: A high-level joint delegation comprising of Special Representative of the Chairperson and Head of the AU Mission in South Sudan, H.E. Amb. Prof. Joram Biswaro, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the UN Mission in South Sudan, Prof. Nicholas Haysom…

WESTERN BAHR-EL-GHAZAL - The return of refugees and internally displaced persons to their homes is a significant peace dividend, but it is one that comes with a challenge: how does one successfully resettle and reintegrate these returnees without creating conflicts between hosts and newcomers? When…

JUBA - It’s no secret that single-use plastic accounts for some 40 per cent of the world’s plastic production. The problem: Rapid discarding of plastic in all its forms has increased the planet's total waste at an alarming rate every year. Those less involved with the Earth’s health (and happiness)…

UPPER NILE - Health awareness—both physical and mental—has become even more important since the COVID-19 pandemic swept across the world. Nobody is more aware of the need for every citizen in the world’s youngest country to take care of their overall wellbeing than peacekeepers serving with the…

LAKES – Climate change has hit South Sudan hard. Unrelenting rains last year have destroyed people’s homes, livelihoods, leaving them with nothing but the clothes on their back and bereft of hope. Communities from Panyijir, Unity state, were among the worst affected by rising water levels; they…

[Near Verbatim] Your Excellency, Gen. Salva Kiir Mayardit, the President of Republic of South Sudan Your Excellency, Riek Machar Teny, the First Vice presidents of the Republic of South Sudan Vice Presidents, Ministers including our host, Honorable Justice Ruben Madol Arol, the Minister of Justice…