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UNMISS Quick Impact Projects improve the lives of communities across South Sudan

UNMISS PoC sites Update No.221

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…

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. Approximately 125 women and girls have sought medical treatment after having been raped or sexually…

UNMISS PoC sites Update No.220

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

Opening remarks; SRSG Press Conference, Juba

UNMISS PoC sites Update No.219

UNMISS PoC sites Update No.218

Statement by the Chair of the Security Council Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict, H.E Olof Skoog, Permanent Representative of Sweden to the United Nations, on the mission of the Working Group to South Sudan, 4-7 November 2018. The conflict in South Sudan has had a devastating effect on…