"UNITED NATIONS MISSION IN SOUTH SUDAN – UNMISS"

The UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) held a special workshop with residents of a protection camp to support women who suffered from sexual violence and encourage the community to take action to ensure the perpetrators are brought to justice. UNMISS

A delegation from South Sudan’s Ministry of Health, UN agencies and donor countries travelled to Yei, in South Sudan, to offer support in preventing the spread of Ebola to the Central Equatorial region – one of the hardest-hit by the devastating conflict that has raged across the country for six years. UNMISS

The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) officially opened its first base on the Western side of the Nile aimed at supporting peacebuilding effort and in hopes to “attract humanitarians into the area.” UNMISS

The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) celebrated the 25th anniversary of Rwanda’s liberation on Thursday. UNMISS

Press Conference by David Shearer, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and head of the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS).

The Head of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) told journalists in New York that the ceasefire in the country “is holding” and there’s been “a significant drop off in the political violence between the parties” since the signing of the peace agreement. UNIFEED

Security Council meeting: Reports of the Secretary-General on the Sudan and South Sudan Report of the Secretary-General on the situation in South Sudan (S/2019/491)

Briefing by Stephane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

UN Special Representative for South Sudan David Shearer said the peace agreement in the country continues to hold adding that the drop in political violence “has meant hundreds, if not thousands of people, are alive who otherwise would not be.” UNIFEED

Land reform policy practitioners meeting in South Sudan’s capital Juba have launched recommendations calling for women’s right to own land, while asking that those recommendations be disseminated and incorporated into a larger draft National Land Policy. UNMISS