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UNMISS in Bor conducts personal hygiene session for children
UNMISS peacekeepers from Sri Lanka used some of their spare weekend time to take children from the Protection of Civilians site in Bor through an interactive training session on personal hygiene and cleanliness.
Visiting ASG Wane delivers stark message to IDPs: only peace can significantly improve situation
“Let us not fool ourselves: we (the UN) can only marginally improve your living conditions. Only with peace and reconciliation can there be significant improvement of the situation you are in”.
Foot patrolling peacekeepers help decrease crime against women in Bentiu
Foot patrols by UNMISS peacekeepers in the vicinity of the Protection of Civilian (PoC) site in Bentiu have reduced the number of crimes committed against women collecting firewood in the area.
Life in Lainya gradually returning to calm days of old
The people of Lainya County are gradually returning to their homes. Clashes, in early July, between the national army and other armed groups had driven them into out-skirting bush land seeking shelter and safety for the past two months.
Mingkaman hosts a tripartite peace conference
The states of Eastern Lakes, Terkeka and Jonglei in a move to halt road ambushes and cattle rustling, held a three day peace conference at Mingkaman. The forum started on 26 and ended on 28 September 2016, supported by VISTAS.
CAD supports counseling and conflict management workshop in Yirol
The Catholic Diocese of Rumbek with support from UNMISS Civil Affairs Division (CAD) has held a three-day training for thirty teachers in Yirol town. Participants were briefed on peer counseling and on how to manage conflicts, traumas and cases of indiscipline at school.
Radio drama to promote peace and national identity
A group of artistic, peace-loving South Sudanese has recently embarked on spreading messages of peace, unity and national identity using a new radio drama series called Soil and Fire.
Government promises more schools and teachers
The high number of children out of school has prompted the South Sudanese government to act.
UNMISS constructing a sewage dump site in Bor
A small skip for humankind, a big leap and a sewage dump site for the citizens of Bor and Greater Jonglei. That’s an accurate description of the hole currently being dug by UNMISS and its Republic of Korea Horizontal Military Engineering Company (ROK-HMEC).
Special Envoy for Sudan and South Sudan: Return to a Troubled Region
One highly anticipated parallel event of the high-level week of the General Assembly this year was the