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An UNMISS peace campaign in Nimule fosters social cohesion and aims to encourage voluntary returns as South Sudan races to complete remaining peace benchmarks, including the conduct of free, fair and credible elections. Photo…
JONGLEI – Candid discussions and intellectual debates characterized a day-long activity hosted by the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) in Bor. The UN Peacekeeping mission brought together 17 Jonglei-based media…
A visiting UNMISS team meets returnees fleeing violence in neighbouring Sudan who are currently located in a transit site in Warrap. Photo by Zejin Yin/UNMISS WARRAP – "Our belongings were confiscated by armed personnel who…
WESTERN EQUATORIA – Under a makeshift, torn shelter, displaced children in Ezo usually gather, to learn from their teachers. Conflict has taken a heavy toll on them, and they have nowhere else to study. Returning to their…
EASTERN EQUATORIA – For years, the world’s newest nation, South Sudan, has been embroiled in bloody civil wars. A 2018 peace deal brought relative stability to the country with the promise of a peaceful democratic transition…
WARRAP – "Our belongings were confiscated by armed personnel who forcibly entered our homes, beat us and enrolled young boys into their ranks without consent,” recalls Mary Kuot, a survivor of the Sudan crisis who is now in a…
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Experts and representatives of Member States of the United Nations Standing Advisory Committee on Security Questions in Central Africa (UNSAC) have reached another milestone in the process of “ownership, political endorsement…
An UNMISS-funded renovation of a primary school in Wadadelo, Western Bahr El Ghazal, has brought hope to some 400 students and their teachers. Photo by Michael Wondi/UNMISS WESTERN BAHR EL GHAZAL – A newly renovated primary…
WESTERN BAHR EL GHAZAL – A newly renovated primary school in Wadadelo, in Jur River county, has given hope to communities residing here as well as returnees. Some 20 schools had been destroyed in the area due to past…
On 23 July, MINURSO marked the celebration of Egypt’s National Day by hoisting the country’s flag at the Mission HQ next to the UN flag. Egypt is a longstanding contributor to UN peacekeeping operations. Since 1960 over 30…
This Week in DPPA is a brief roundup of political and peacebuilding events and developments at UNHQ and around the world. Security Council Briefing on Ukraine, USG DiCarlo tells Security Council “This senseless, unjustified…
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UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL ROSEMARY A. DICARLO’S REMARKS TO THE SECURITY COUNCIL ON UKRAINE New York, 21 JULY 2023 Madam President, On Monday, when speaking to this Council, I reiterated the Secretary-General’s deep regret over…