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Special courts could aid peace process between warring groups in northern South Sudan
Anastasie Nyirigira, UNMISS Head of Field Office in Warrap, addresses a two-day peace conference in Kuacjok, South Sudan recently. The establishment of a new special court to resolve cases of cattle raiding between…
PoC Update
United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) Media & Spokesperson Unit Communications & Public Information Section PoC Update 04 September 2017 UNMISS “Protection of Civilians” (PoC) Sites [i] As of 31 August 2017, a total…
Talks underway to enable the safe return of internally displaced people to their communities in Wau
The Protection of Civilian(PoC) site adjacent to the UNMISS base in Wau is currently sheltering more than 33,000 civilians who fled their home because of insecurity and the mission with partners is looking into ways to…
Expansion of UNFICYP's Command Post-10 completed
COMMAND POST-10, 16 August 2017 - Following an increase in UNFICYP’s Slovak contingent in September 2016 in line with Operation UNFICYP concept Force888, the mission’s Sector 4 embarked on not only fulfilling new operational…
Humanitarian aid reaches desperate internally displaced people in Bangasu
A mother of seven children receivs relief itmes in the Bangasu IDPs camp Hundreds of people sheltering from violence at Bangasu camp in the Western Equatorian region of South Sudan have received humanitarian relief for the…
Street market to promote local economy
UNIFIL organized on Sunday a traditional street market in the UN Mission’s Sector East Headquarters in Marjayoun, where local businesspersons and traders set up a variety of stalls. The aim of the event was to promote local…
Return home from UN protection sites aided by humanitarian and peacekeeping support
The return of internally displaced people to their homes from UN Protection of Civilians (POC) sites is being aided by the provision of humanitarian services outside the camps, according to the head of the UN Mission in South…
The Secretary-General Remarks to General Assembly informal dialogue on the responsibility to protect
New York, 6 September 2017 [as delivered] The report that informs today’s dialogue is my first on the responsibility to protect. It comes at a time when the need for strengthened efforts to prevent genocide, war crimes…
In Central African Republic, UN peacekeeping chief underscores political solution to end violence
The top United Nations peacekeeping official is in the Central African Republic where he today discussed the security situation and the political process, while paying homage to three UN 'blue helmets' killed in the line of…
Visit of the United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix
Visit of the United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix Visit of the United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix Good morning everyone. I…