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8 September 2014 - Instability and rising tensions in various countries, including South Sudan, continued to pose a grave threat to children, a senior UN official told the Security Council in New York today.
5 September 2014 - Assisting former soldiers to re-enter civilian life, UNMISS today handed over 18 market stalls to the payam (district) administrator in Mapel, Western Bahr El-Ghazal State.
3 September 2014 - The Netherlands government is committed to assisting internally displaced persons (IDPs) in South Sudan, the country’s Minister of Foreign Trade and International Cooperation said in the Upper Nile State capital Malakal today.
3 September 2014 - South Sudan’s National Legislative Assembly today ratified the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW).
3 September 2014 - The South Sudanese government is ready to cooperate with the newly arrived top UNMISS official “in all friendliness and in harmony”, the Minister of Foreign Affairs Dr. Barnaba Marial Benjamin said in Juba today.
3 September 2014 - It is vital for courts in Yei River County, Central Equatoria State, to come up with local solutions to address rampant under-age pregnancy rates in schools, an UNMISS official said recently during a visit to the county.
2 September 2014 - Ellen Margrethe Løj’s appointment as UNMISS chief was a “huge and difficult” challenge, but it was impossible to turn it down because the South Sudanese people fought hard for their independence, the top Mission official told Radio Miraya in an exclusive interview today.
1 September 2014 - Renowned US actor Forest Whitaker arrived in the Eastern Equatoria State capital Torit today for a five-day peace workshop with youth representatives.
2 September 2014 - The new Special Representative of the UN Secretary General (SRSG) and head of the UN Mission in South Sudan, Ellen Margrethe Løj, arrived in Juba this morning to take up her duties.
28 August 2014 - To assist Bor residents in dealing with incessant flooding during the rainy season, UNMISS South Korean engineers recently completed a River Nile embankment project in the Jonglei state capital Bor.