"SOUTH SUDAN"

The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) recently organized a three-day capacity building conference for personnel of South Sudan’s National Prisons Service on how other UN member states are promoting gender equality and working to reduce sexual and gender-based violence by implementing institutional and prison service reforms. UNMISS

Noon briefing by Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

Having just returned to Juba after briefing the UN Security Council in New York on the progress being made in South Sudan, the UNMISS Special Representative of the Secretary General spoke to the media in the capital, Juba. UNMISS

Hussein Abdelbagi Akol Agany, Vice President of the Republic of South Sudan, addresses the general debate of the 77th Session of the General Assembly of the UN (New York, 20 - 26 September 2022).

South Sudan’s Vice President Hussein Abdelbagi Akol said, the 2018 Revitalized Peace Agreement effectively “ended the internal conflict in South Sudan,” and has improved the security situation, allowing the internally displaced and refugees to voluntarily return home.” UNIFEED

The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) hosted a celebration in commemoration of the international day and invited peace actors from all segments of South Sudanese society to take part. UNIFEED

UN Special Representative for South Sudan Nicholas Haysom said, “it is always the political will that can make a difference.” UNIFEED

UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) and its humanitarian partners travelled to Mvolo to assess the impact of flood in the area, they urged local authorities to relocate communities to higher ground. UNMISS

Amid widespread food insecurity due to conflict, humanitarian Coordinator Martin Griffiths told the Security Council that “famine will happen in Somalia,” and added that “it will not be the only place either.” UNIFEED

Preventing conflict most effective way to prevent famine, senior officials stress, warning Security Council millions of people ‘are marching towards starvation’.