Press releases

UNMISS Protection of Civilian (PoC) sites Update No. 260 - 06 Dec to 12 Dec 2019

A fresh outbreak of tribal clashes and other internal fighting has reportedly resulted in the death and displacement of civilians in the central and northern regions of South Sudan over the weekend. “These clashes in areas…

Seventy-five United Nations peacekeepers have been temporarily re-deployed from Rumbek to Maper to deter further violence between communities in the northern Lakes region of South Sudan. The fresh deployment of Nepalese…

UNMISS Protection of Civilian (PoC) sites Update No. 258 - 28 Nov to 1st Dec 2019

UNMISS Protection of Civilian (PoC) sites Update No. 257 - 15 Nov to 21 Nov 2019

UNMISS Protection of Civilian (PoC) sites Update No. 256 - 08 Nov to 14 Nov 2019

Thank you Mr. President and members of the Peace and Security Council. I welcome this opportunity to brief you on the situation in South Sudan following the decision by the Parties extend for a further 100 days. I would like…

UNMISS Protection of Civilian (PoC) sites Update No. 255 - 11 November 2019

The Secretary-General welcomes the decision of the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD) Council of Ministers, further to the agreement by the South Sudanese parties under the auspices of Uganda and Sudan, to…

Today, the United Nations Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Moustapha Soumaré, and the Deputy Minister of Interior, Hon. Gen. Majak Akech Malok, dedicated South Sudan’s first Juvenile Reformatory…