Press releases

  • 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.
  • Gogrial authorities praised for closing road check-points
    30 Mar 2017 - The authorities in Gogrial have been praised by the most senior UN official in South Sudan for closing seven road blocks in the state, a move which has facilitated both trade and enabled humanitarian access.
  • UNMISS chief David Shearer urges the South Sudan government to "investigate and apprehend" the killers of six aid workers UNMISS South Sudan

    UNMISS chief David Shearer strongly condemns the killing of six aid workers, calling it "utterly reprehensible".

    Press release (text and audio): South Sudan government “needs to investigate and apprehend killers” of aid workers
    26 Mar 2017 - (Scroll down for audio version) The United Nations Special Representative of the Secretary-General for South Sudan, David Shearer has urged the South Sudanese government to investigate and apprehend the killers of six aid workers on Saturday.
  • The Humanitarian Coordinator for South Sudan, Eugene Owusu, has strongly condemned the killing of six aid workers in an ambush on 25 March

    The Humanitarian Coordinator for South Sudan, Eugene Owusu, strongly condemns the killing of six aid workers in an ambush on 25 March.

    Press statement: Humanitarian Coordinator condemns killing of six aid workers
    26 Mar 2017 - The Humanitarian Coordinator for South Sudan, Eugene Owusu, has strongly condemned the killing of six aid workers in an ambush on 25 March. The aid workers were travelling from Juba to Pibor. “I am appalled and outraged by the heinous murder yesterday of six courageous humanitarians in South Sudan,” said Mr. Owusu. “At a time when humanitarian needs have reached unprecedented levels, it is entirely unacceptable that those who are trying to help are being attacked and killed.”

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