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Lieutenant-General Shailesh Tinaikar is retiring from his post as Force Commander of the United Nations peacekeeping mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) have a long and decorated military career. UNMISS

During a three-day peace and reconciliation conference recently concluded in Juba, South Sudan, Jeriel Francis, Minister of Peace Building of Central Equatoria State, said, “we must aspire to start writing a positive history about ourselves.” UNMISS

The Head of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said, “vaccine inequity and health inequity overall were the biggest failures” of 2021, stressing that to end the acute stage of the COVID-19 pandemic, scientific tools “need to be shared fairly and quickly with all countries of the world.” WHO

From peacekeeping, to the protection of refugees and providing life-saving humanitarian aid, the work of the United Nations remained vital in a year marked by multiple overlapping crises. UNIFEED

From peacekeeping, to the protection of refugees and providing life-saving humanitarian aid, the work of the United Nations remained vital in a year marked by multiple overlapping crises. UNIFEED / FILE

The Special Representative of the Secretary-General for South Sudan Nicholas Haysom welcomed steps taken so far in implementing South Sudan’s Revitalized Peace Agreement, however, he said, “they are not sufficient if the peace process is to be sustained." UNIFEED

A UN peacekeeping helicopter flies over the town of Nagero in Western Equatoria State transporting a delegation of four bishops from the South Sudan Council of Churches who are travelling to the area to share messages of solidarity, hope and peace with displaced families who fled violence in Tambura. UNMISS

Dozens of youth representatives from across the Upper Nile region of South Sudan came together for a special workshop to build trust and develop a collaborative approach to promoting unity, peace and security. UNMISS

Marking the International Human Rights Day in Juba, the UN mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) together with the South Sudan Human Rights Commission held a special event in an effort to promote human rights and equality across the nation. UNMISS

UN Special Representative in South Sudan Nicholas Haysom visited Bentiu to see first-hand the work being done to assist some 850,000 people who have been affected by flooding in Unity State. UNMISS