"UNITED NATIONS MISSION IN SOUTH SUDAN – UNMISS"

A United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS)'s team visited a remote community of Lobonok in the Equatorias, to provide a protective presence and to investigate human rights abuses inflicted on local residents. UNMISS

A new public opinion survey has revealed the staggering impact of war on the people of South Sudan, showing that 79 percent of the population have experienced the death or displacement of a family member. UNMISS

During his trip to South Sudan, the UN peacekeeping chief Jean-Pierre Lacroix met with women’s group to discuss women’s role in the implementation of the peace agreement. UNMISS

A joint high-powered United Nations, African Union and Intergovernmental Authority on Development mission has arrived in South Sudan to lend its support to the revitalized peace agreement after the pre-transitional period was extended by six months. UNMISS

To build trust and confidence between the signatories to South Sudan’s revitalized peace agreement, and between them and the people, the United Nations Mission in South Sudan convened a rapprochement meeting in the remote town of Kapoeta, in the eastern part of the country. UNMISS

Security Council issues presidential statement underscoring key role of peacekeeping in promoting, maintaining international peace at 8521st meeting.

Representatives from the countries of the IGAD region (Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan and Uganda) and the United Nations, welcomed a decision by South Sudan’s rival parties to extend a pre-transitional period of the country’s revitalized peace agreement by six months, but cautioned that further delays may be detrimental to the country’s peace process. UNMISS

A dozen displaced people have chosen to voluntarily return to their homes in South Sudan’s Jonglei region with the support of the UN Mission in the country. UNMISS

A high-level delegation led by the Head of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), David Shearer, travelled into the heart of opposition territory in the central Equatorias, the only part of the country where political violence continues despite the signing of a peace deal to end the war that has plagued South Sudan for almost six years. UNMISS

Supported by the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), a construction of a Child Protection office within South Sudan’s People’s Defence Forces (SSPDF) headquarters is undergoing. It demonstrates the South Sudan military’s commitment to a child free army. UNMISS