Press releases
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Security Council Visit to South Sudan Press Briefing - September 4 2016 Ambassador Samantha Power and Ambassador Fodé Seck
05 Sep 2016 - Security Council Visit to South Sudan Press Briefing - September 4 2016 Ambassador Samantha Power and Ambassador Fodé Seck Transcript -
Security Council Near verbatim press briefing transcript
03 Sep 2016 - 02/09/2015 U.S Ambassador Samantha Power speech -
UN Security Council delegation visits South Sudan
02 Sep 2016 - Juba, September 2016. A delegation from the United Nations Security Council is expected to visit South Sudan on 2nd September, following the recent renewal of the mandate of UNMISS, which underscored the urgency of the Mission’s tasks related to protection of civilians, and the need for stronger cooperation with the Transitional Government.. -
01 Aug 2016 - Over the last few weeks, the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) has received deeply disturbing reports of widespread sexual violence, including rape and gang rape, of women and young girls, by soldiers in uniform and also by unidentified armed groups of men in plainclothes.
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30 Jul 2016 - Poverty, violence, human rights abuses and other major problems on the global agenda have in common a failure to respect fundamental norms and values developed over millennia.
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Secretary-General’s remarks at IGAD Extraordinary Summit [as prepared]
16 Jul 2016 - Secretary-General’s remarks at IGAD Extraordinary Summit [as prepared] -
STATEMENT BY H.E. FESTUS G. MOGAE, CHAIRPERSON OF JMEC, TO THE IGAD HEADS OF STATE AND GOVERNMENT SUMMIT
14 Jul 2016 - STATEMENT BY H.E. FESTUS G. MOGAE, CHAIRPERSON OF JMEC, TO THE IGAD HEADS OF STATE AND GOVERNMENT SUMMIT ON THE STATUS OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE AGREEMENT ON THE RESOLUTION OF THE CONFLICT IN THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH SUDAN. 16 JULY 2016 - KIGALI, RWANDA -
UNMISS urges parties to deescalate tensions and lift movement restrictions
12 Jul 2016 - UNMISS urges parties to deescalate tensions and lift movement restrictions -
THE SECRETARY-GENERAL -- PRESS ENCOUNTER ON SOUTH SUDAN New York, 11 July 2016
11 Jul 2016 - THE SECRETARY-GENERAL -- PRESS ENCOUNTER ON SOUTH SUDAN New York, 11 July 2016 -
UNMISS strongly condemns the use of heavy weapons close to its compounds
11 Jul 2016 - UNMISS strongly condemns the use of heavy weapons close to its compounds