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30 June 2014 - No one could have predicted the “horrible” conflict in South Sudan for the last six months, UNMISS Chief Hilde F. Johnson said in New York today.
27 June 2014 - A non-violence initiative launched by UNESCO special envoy Forest Whitaker in Eastern Equatoria State today signaled hope and a brighter future for all South Sudanese, Governor Louis Lobong Lojore said in the state capital Torit today.
26 June 2014 - Hollywood actor and UNESCO special envoy Forest Whitaker today arrived in Torit, Eastern Equatoria State, where he will launch the Youth Peacemaker Network—an initiative aimed at promoting peace and reconciliation.
24 June 2014 - To get back on track in implementing an Action Plan to end recruitment of children into the armed forces, the South Sudanese government today signed a recommitment agreement with the United Nations in Juba.
24 June 2014 - To assist South Sudanese police with community policing as well as gender, child and vulnerable persons’ protection, UNPOL completed a two-week training today in Aweil, Northern Bahr El-Ghazal State.
23 June 2014 - President Salva Kiir had expressed his government’s firm commitment to adhere to South Sudan’s Action Plan to end recruitment and use of children in armed forces, Special Representative of the Secretary General for Children and Armed Conflict said in Juba today.
23 June 2014 - Seeking to boost protection of civilians in the Jonglei State capital Bor, the UNMISS Korean Engineering Company are building an embankment along the River Nile.
23 June 2014 - Aiming to showcase South Sudan’s rich cultural diversity in a new national museum, the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and a government team has been touring several states to meet with communities.
20 June 2014 - Different states in South Sudan today commemorated World Refugee Day through activities involving refugees, internally displaced people (IDPs) and other vulnerable groups.
20 June 2014 - More than 360,000 South Sudanese had crossed into neighbouring countries since conflict broke out in the country in December 2013, the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) said in Juba today.