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South Sudanese communities hold Rights Day celebrations

10 December 2014 - South Sudanese citizens across the country today commemorated International Human Rights Day with speeches, debates, traditional dancing and other activities under the theme, “Human Rights 365”.

11 Dec 2014

International community’s patience wearing thin, says SRSG

11 December 2014 - As the peace process in South Sudan continued to delay, the international community’s patience with both parties to the conflict was wearing thin, the UNMISS chief said at a press conference in Juba today.

11 Dec 2014

UNMISS commemorates Human Rights Day

10 December 2014 - South Sudanese leaders should take a strong stand against human rights abusers and let them know that impunity will not be tolerated, UNMISS chief Ellen Loej said today in Juba at a ceremony to celebrate International Human Rights Day.

10 Dec 2014

Women continue to face discrimination, violence, says SRSG

9 December 2014 - Although the government had ratified the Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), women in South Sudan continued to face discrimination and violence, representatives of the Open Peace Forum said in Juba today.

10 Dec 2014

UNMISS commemorates International Human Rights Day

Juba, 10 December, 2014 - At a ceremony held in Juba today to commemorate International Human Rights Day, the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General (SRSG) for South Sudan, Ellen Margrethe Loej, read out UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for Human Rights Day, which this year

10 Dec 2014

Police Commissioner urges Bentiu IDPs to instill hope

9 December 2014 - The leaders of internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Bentiu should instill hope in children, youth, women and elderly sheltering in Protection of Civilians (POC) sites, UNMISS Police Commissioner Fred Yiga said there today.

10 Dec 2014

UNMISS launches destruction of weapons confiscated from internally displaced persons

Juba, 9 December, 2014 - The United Nations Mission in South Sudan destroyed 25 firearms and hundreds of knives, machetes, and similar weapons confiscated from internally displaced persons (IDPs) living in its protection-of-civilians sites in Juba at a public event held today in its Tomping com

09 Dec 2014

UNMISS publicly destroys IDP weapons in Juba

9 December 2014 - To promote a safe environment in its protection sites, UNMISS today destroyed weapons recovered from internally displaced people (IDPs) in Juba over the last 12 months.

09 Dec 2014

Bentiu POC residents urged to obey ground rules

8 December 2014 - People sheltering in Bentiu Protection of Civilians (POC) site must strictly abide by camp ground rules to stay safe and secure, irrespective of who they were, UNMISS representatives advised today.

09 Dec 2014

Bentiu IDPs attend campaign to prevent sexual abuse

7 December 2014 - A two-day campaign to prevent sexual exploitation and abuse was recently launched in the UNMISS protection site in Bentiu, Unity State.

09 Dec 2014

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