Press releases

  • UNMISS DEPLOYS PEACEKEEPERS TO ABUROC TO ENABLE DELIVERY OF HUMANITARIAN AID
    07 May 2017 - Peacekeeping troops have been urgently deployed to Aburoc in the Upper Nile region by the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) to help enable the delivery of much needed humanitarian assistance.   “The aim is to provide humanitarian groups with the confidence they need to resume the provision of urgent assistance to tens of thousands of people in Aburoc who are fleeing the ongoing violence,” said the Head of UNMISS, David Shearer.  
  • Security Council Condemns Attack Against UNMISS

    Security Council Condemns Attack Against UNMISS

    Security Council Condemns Attack Against UNMISS
    05 May 2017 - The members of the Security Council strongly condemned the attack against the United Nations Mission in the Republic of South Sudan (UNMISS) on 3 May in Leer, South Sudan.  The members of the Security Council expressed appreciation for the actions taken by UNMISS peacekeepers to repel the attack.   
  • Zeid Ra’ad Al-Hussein

    Zeid Ra’ad Al-Hussein

    - South Sudan: Weary, frightened displaced civilians in Upper Nile at imminent risk of further violence
    04 May 2017 - GENEVA (4 May 2017) – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein on Thursday urged the Government of South Sudan to halt any further military offensives towards Aburoc on the west bank of the River Nile in the Upper Nile region. The town holds between 35,000 and 50,000 people, most of whom arrived in recent weeks after terrifying journeys of up to 150 kilometres on foot, after SPLA* attacks on areas to the south of the town of Aburoc.
  • UNMISS peacekeepers repel attack on base in famine area

    UNMISS peacekeepers repel attack on base in famine area

    - UNMISS peacekeepers repel attack on base in famine area
    04 May 2017 - An attack on a United Nations base has been strongly condemned by the head of the UN Mission inSouth Sudan (UNMISS), David Shearer, as being carried out with callous disregard for the lives forcivilians as well as UN and humanitarian workers. Between 11pm and midnight on Wednesday, the Mission’s Temporary Operating Base (TOB) in Leertown in the former Unity State came under small arms attack from the direction of the nearbyGovernment-held town.
  • Press release (including audio version): Warring parties urged to stop suffering of people in Upper Nile, South Sudan as fighting intensifies

    UNMISS chief David Shearer is urging the warring parties in South Sudan to “stop the suffering they are causing" and is "extremely concerned" for an estimated 50,000 displaced people believed to be in Aburoc, Upper Nile. (Archive photo from Malakal, Upper Nile).

    Press release (including audio version): Warring parties urged to stop suffering of people in Upper Nile, South Sudan as fighting intensifies
    27 Apr 2017 - (Scroll down for audio version) The warring parties in South Sudan have been urged by the head of the UN Mission in South Sudan, (UNMISS), David Shearer to “stop the suffering they are causing, take responsibility for the lives they have destroyed and to uphold their responsibility to protect civilians” as fighting intensifies once again in the north-eastern Upper Nile region.
  • Press release including audio: “No concerted effort” to Adhere to Ceasefire in South Sudan as Conflict Intensifies UNMISS Security Council 25 April 2017

    UNMISS SRSG briefing the Security Council on the current situation in South Sudan.

    Press release including soundbites and David Shearer interview before Security Council briefing: “No concerted effort” to Adhere to Ceasefire in South Sudan as Conflict Intensifies
    25 Apr 2017 - (Scroll down for soundbites with transcripts, plus David Shearer interview ahead of the Security Council briefing) “No concerted effort” has been made by any of the warring parties in South Sudan to adhere to a ceasefire in the country, instead there has been an escalation in the conflict there, the head of the UN Mission in South Sudan, UNMISS, has said.
  • Accountability for abuses remains one of biggest challenges in South Sudan says UNMISS Human Rights Director (including audio version)

    Many thousands of people have sought protection after recent violence in Wau. A lack of accountability for abuses against civilians remains a huge challenge, according to the UNMISS Human Rights Director.

    Accountability for abuses remains one of biggest challenges in South Sudan says UNMISS Human Rights Director (including audio version)
    23 Apr 2017 - (Scroll down for audio version) A lack of accountability for crimes perpetrated during the ongoing conflict in South Sudan remains one of the country’s “biggest challenges” the UNMISS Human Rights Director has said.
  • Restraint urged on warring parties in South Sudan as violence escalates
    19 Apr 2017 - The warring parties in South Sudan have been urged by the most senior UN official in the country to show restraint in the face of an escalation in violence and remember their responsibility towards protecting civilians from conflict. Fresh fighting has broken out between government SPLA and opposition forces in a number of locations including Raga in the west of South Sudan, Waat in Jonglei to the east and in the area of Wunkur and Tonga in the northern Upper Nile region.
  • UNMISS UNMAS South Sudan photo exhibition mine awareness song Beware the Jay Family Juba

    One of the photos of the exhibition launched by UNMAS in Juba. Photo: UNMAS/Martine Perret

    Press release (on behalf of UNMAS) Launch of Mine Action Photo Exhibition and Risk Education Music Video
    07 Apr 2017 - The United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS), in commemoration of 4 April, “International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action,” presents an online exhibition of 20 mine action images which depict mine action operations and the positive impact on civilians across South Sudan. The photos are currently on display at UN House for the next week and will be shown in other locations in Juba throughout the year.
  • Conflict in South Sudan affecting food security in “stable states”
    30 Mar 2017 - The ongoing conflict in South Sudan is affecting food security in some of the country’s more “stable states,” the head of UN peacekeeping in South Sudan, UNMISS, has said. David Shearer, the UN’s most senior official in the country, was speaking during a visit to Aweil in the north of South Sudan.

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