Press releases

Pibor, 13 March 2017 - “We want to see peace and once we have peace, everybody can benefit from the roads being opened and from development coming to the area,” said David Shearer, the Special Representative of the Secretary…

Bor - South Sudan: The Special Representative of the Secretary General, David Shearer, has pledged to support efforts aimed at building peace in the greater Jonglei area. The SRSG arrived in Bor on Thursday, on his latest leg…

“South Sudan’s political leadership needs to support its own citizens, who are in desperate need across the country and cease hostilities,” the United Nations Special Representative to the Secretary-General for South Sudan…

UNMISS PoC sites Update No.154

(Scroll down for audio version) Improved security is essential to reinvigorating what has been called the bread basket of South Sudan, the head of the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), David Shearer, has said. Mr. Shearer…

The Secretary-General Opening Remarks at Joint Press Conference with UNDP Administrator, Ms. Helen Clark; Emergency Relief Coordinator, Mr. Stephen O’Brien; Ms. Ertharin Cousin, Executive Director of the World Food Programme…

UNMISS Spokesperson Daniel Dickinson - We are welcoming Radio Miraya listeners live to this press conference and you can also follow us live on twitter. The SRSG will make a few introductory remarks and then we will take some…

UNMISS PoC sites Update No.153

JUBA/GENEVA/NEW YORK (17 February 2017) At the end of a four-day visit to South Sudan, the UN Assistant Secretary-General for human rights, Andrew Gilmour, called for the rapid establishment of a hybrid court to prosecute…

Malakal, 16 February, 2017 Statement Attributable to the Office of the Spokesperson United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) (Scroll down for audio version) The head of the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), David…