News (Consolidated) - UNSOM

[Near Verbatim] Minister of Peace Building, Honourable Stephen Par Kuol; Excellencies, members of the diplomatic community; My fellow UN colleagues and peacekeepers; Distinguished ladies and gentlemen. It is my pleasure to welcome you to UN House on this International Day of United Nations…

JUBA - “I want young girls to dream big and join law enforcement. Who knows, one day they will be serving as a peacekeeper and wearing a Blue Beret like I am,” says Christeel Philip, a United Nations Police (UNPOL) officer from Indonesia with a smile. Christeel’s excitement is palpable. She has just…

CENTRAL EQUATORIA – Akiden Moses, a 55-year-old mother of 10, recalls the terror of an upsurge in conflict last year that forced her and hundreds of others to abandon their homes and flee in fear of their lives into the forests of Yei county in South Sudan’s Central Equatoria state. “It was a…

CENTRAL EQUATORIA – It was a rainy day in South Sudan, but the weather didn’t prevent the Secretary-General’s Deputy Special Representative for South Sudan, Sara Beysolow Nyanti, who is also the Humanitarian and Resident Coordinator in the world’s newest nation from travelling to Gondokoro, some 25…

The journey towards a South Sudan where children’s rights to protection, from armed conflict and other evils, are fully respected has been a long one. In fact, it has far from ended. This week, however, the road that has been travelled reached a long-awaited landmark, and one that is hoped to build…

WESTERN EQUATORIA – While protecting civilians affected by conflict is the United Nations Mission in South Sudan’s top priority, the UN Peacekeeping mission often steps in to address other urgent community needs through its Quick Impact Projects (QIPs) programme. These are small-scale, low-budget…

Seen from the air, the river Nile winding its way across South Sudan resembles a glittering necklace adorning the world’s youngest country. This mighty river sustains lives and livelihoods for communities living far and wide. It also has a darker side: When the rains start sweeping across the land…

RJMEC Interim-Chair, Members of the RJMEC Board, Excellencies and distinguished guests, I thank RJMEC for convening this meeting and the opportunity to brief you today. I would like to begin by acknowledging the positive developments in the implementation of the Revitalized Peace Agreement since the…

CENTRAL EQUATORIA - With the relative stability brought in by the Revitalized Peace Agreement of 2018 peace, Yei River county has seen an upsurge in voluntary returns of refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs) who need an open yet protected outdoor area to assemble, conduct peace meetings…

JONGLEI - Senior officers from the Sudan People’s Liberation Army - in Opposition (SPLA-iO) have pledged to support every effort to protect children and put a stop to any violations of their rights. This commitment was undertaken by 50 senior commanders, senior officials of the state prisons service…

WESTERN BAHR EL GHAZAL – Margaret Ceaser, a member of parliament in South Sudan’s Western Bahr El Ghazal state says she believes in the adage that behind every great man, there is a woman. She took this belief a step further at a recent forum in Wau organized by the United Nations Mission in South…

UPPER NILE – Children, not soldiers—that was the leitmotif of a training organized by the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) for some 30 senior officials from the South Sudan People’s Defense Force (SSPDF) and members of the national security apparatus in Malakal. The two-day workshop…