Press releases

[AS DELIVERED] RJMEC Interim Chair, Members of the RJMEC Board, Excellencies and distinguished guests, Thank you for the opportunity to address this forum and to reflect on next steps for implementing the peace agreement in South Sudan. It is UNMISS’s view that the Roadmap offered a much needed…

Juba, 16 November 2022: A new report from the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) registered a 60 per cent decrease in violent incidents against civilians and a 23 per cent decrease in civilian victims in the third quarter of 2022, compared with the same period last year. The decrease is…

SRSG’s introduction: First of all, let me welcome you all to this UNMISS event, and thank you for attending. It's my privilege to introduce you to two important visitors from headquarters - that is Mr Courtney Rattray, who is the Chef de Cabinet of the Secretary-General, and the Head of Peacekeeping…

Honourable Minister Stephen Par Kuol, representing the Government of the Republic of South Sudan. Ambassadors, Heads of Missions, and Members of the Diplomatic Corps. Heads of United Nations Agencies and Non-Governmental-Organizations. Representatives of Civil Society and other key stakeholders…

Juba, 14 October 2022 – The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) strongly condemns the resurgence of deadly violence between armed Dinka Ngok youth from the Abyei Administrative Area and the Dinka Twic Mayardit youth from Twic County, in Warrap State. The Mission remains gravely concerned…

Juba, 12 October 2022 – Engineers from the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) and humanitarian partners have managed to repair flooding-induced breaches of dykes that protect an internally displaced persons camp, housing over 100,000 persons in Bentiu, the capital of Unity State. Intense…

Welcome to everyone, including those tuning in live to Radio Miraya. I'm pleased to share with our listeners today key points from my recent briefing to the Security Council in New York, and to exchange views on the situation in South Sudan. During my briefing to the Security Council, I highlighted…

Madame President, 1. Thank you for the opportunity to brief this Council on the situation in South Sudan. 2. Since 2018, the Revitalized Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in the Republic of South Sudan (R-ARCSS) has provided the framework to consolidate South Sudan’s transition from…

Juba, 9 September 2022: The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) condemns fresh attacks and violence by armed elements, targeted at internally displaced persons seeking refuge at the Adidiang island site, located about 40 kilometres south of the state capital, Malakal. Some accounts…

Juba, 06 September 2022: A joint human rights report published by United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has documented gross violations and abuses of international human rights law and serious violations of…