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05 Apr 2019 - The First Vice President of South Sudan, the Charge d’Affaires of Japan, the UNMISS SRSG, theChairman of the National Mine Action Authority, and UNMAS Programme Manager celebrate theInternational Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action at an event with the theme,“Safe Ground, Safe Home for All” in the Mangateen area in Juba. -
01 Apr 2019 - UNMISS Tomping Site, Juba Conference Room – 27 March 2019 -
29 Mar 2019 - Juba, 29 March 2019 – The Government of Japan has contributed US $1,468,374 to the United NationsMine Action Service (UNMAS), for the mine action project “Enabling Humanitarian Operations andEnhancing National Institutional Capacity for Sustainable Mine Action in South Sudan.” Since 2011,Japan has contributed more than US $15 million to mine action operations in South Sudan, enabling the -
SRSG David Shearer briefs the UN Security Council on the situation in South Sudan.
08 Mar 2019 - Madam President, Members of the Council It is my pleasure to be with you here today. There have been considerable developments in South Sudan in the past months. I want to touch on these and then make a number of observations about the opportunities and challenges moving forward. -
21 Jan 2019 - During a security incident at a base operated by the United Nations Mission in South Sudan in the capital Juba on Saturday, two civilian contractors were shot by a peacekeeper and died as a result of their injuries.
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12 Dec 2018 -UNMISS Quick Impact Projects improve the lives of communities across South Sudan -
08 Dec 2018 - The members of the Security Council condemned in the strongest terms the heinous incidents of sexual and gender-based violence against women near Bentiu in northern South Sudan in recent weeks. The members of the Security Council expressed deep concern about the well-being of the victims, who, according to reports, included more than 150 women and girls who were attacked by armed men in military and civilian clothing, in Government-controlled areas throughout Rubkona County. -
03 Dec 2018 - The United Nations Mission in South Sudan has condemned a series of brutal sexual attacks on women and girls travelling from their villages to the town of Bentiu in the Unity region of South Sudan.
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22 Nov 2018 - Near Verbatim Transcript of Media Briefing by the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan, Mr. David Shearer