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United Nations Peacekeeping
On Wednesday 8 February, Major Bettina Stelzer, the UNMISS Military Gender Advisor, organized a first meeting to create a network for female military personnel deployed in South Sudan.
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Juba-based female military personnel from Australia, China, Ethiopia, Japan and Nepal participated in the first meeting of a new network for UNMISS female troops created by Military Gender Advisor Bettina Stelzer.
Festus Mogae, Chairperson of the Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Commission (JMEC), at today's plenary session.
Adama Dieng, United Nations Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide, during a visit to Yei in November 2016.
President Salva Kiir, here in a recent meeting with UNMISS chief David Shearer, has today called for peace and promised that his proposed national dialogue will begin in March.
UNMISS Civil Affairs Division holding a workshop in Yei, aiming to improve poor relations and persistent distrust between military and civilians in the area.
Peace campaigner William Ongoro tells Radio Miraya that countering hate speech requires ‘maturity’ and ‘change in mindset’
Chuol Rambang, chairperson of the South Sudan Peace Commission, suggests an inclusive, bottom-up approach to the national dialogue, as a complement to the peace agreement.
The UNMISS Civil Affairs Division on Wednesday 1 February facilitated a well-attended peace forum in Bentiu.
David Shearer, the UNMISS chief, was in a good and optimistic mood at his welcome reception in Juba today (2 February 2017).
The UNMISS peacekeepers in the photo, taken in Rajaf in September 2015, did NOT participate in the WFP and World Vision training on basic urban farming.