"PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS"

The Head of the UN mission in South Sudan, David Shearer, said he is worried that intercommunal clashes are occurring in areas that have been “relatively calm for months” adding that these incidents “raise tensions and increase the risk of sparking even more violence,” according to a UN spokesperson. UNIFEED

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

Secretary-General António Guterres said United Nations peacekeepers “represent the last, best hope for millions of people around the world” and highlighted his Action for Peacekeeping initiative, launched in March last year, as the organization’s response to the challenges peacekeepers face. UNIFEED

Justice is now back to South Sudan’s Western Equatoria town of Yambio, through the initiation of a mobile court in the area, which is expected to hear more than one hundred cases by end of the year - thanks to a collaborative effort between the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). UNMISS

Over 1,500 guests have shown up for a ‘Family Open Day’, where students, parents and their teachers are uniting for peace through cultural activities, sports and informative exhibitions. UNMISS

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

Nepalese troops serving with the United Nations Mission in South Sudan, UNMISS, have been deployed to Maper region where the Manuer and Gak communities had been fighting for days in a spate of revenge attacks, resulting in over 70 deaths and more than 100 injuries. UNMISS

UN top official in South Sudan David Shearer visited the town of Lankien in the opposition-held area to assess the humanitarian situation and the progress being made towards sustainable peace. UNMISS

In a visit to North Kivu in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, UN peacekeeping chief Jean-Pierre Lacroix said the attacks on UN peacekeeping and humanitarian workers in the country were “not spontaneous”, rather they had been “premeditated, organized, funded and there must be no impunity.” MONUSCO

Humanitarians are providing emergency relief, including food, access to clean water, shelter and medicine to prevent the spread of waterborne diseases among families affected by heavy rains, which caused devastating floods across the Jonglei region. UNMISS