(Scroll down for soundbites with transcripts, plus David Shearer interview ahead of the Security Council briefing)
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![Juba comes together to laugh for peace (including audio version) UNMISS South Sudan Comedy for Peace Kush dance group](https://unmiss.unmissions.org/sites/default/files/styles/380x220/public/field/image/comedy_for_peace_kush_dance_group_24_04_2017.jpg?itok=fTUMDE1Z)
The Kush dance group performs for a full house during Comedy for Peace at Nyakuron Cultural Centre, Juba. Photo: UNMISS/Amanda Voisard
![](https://unmiss.unmissions.org/sites/default/files/styles/380x220/public/field/image/mombat_pic_1.jpg?itok=J3lfyoUK)
Local dignitaries and UNMISS representatives cut the ceremonial ribbon during the opening of the newly renovated Pariang Primary School in Unity state.
![Journalists in Rumbek decry restrictions on freedom of expression UNMISS South Sudan human rights](https://unmiss.unmissions.org/sites/default/files/styles/380x220/public/field/image/journalists_in_rumbek_decry_restrictions_on_freedom_of_expression_20_04_2017_-_photo.jpg?itok=XOon12Kh)
Journalists in Rumbek decried restrictions on freedom of expression during a consultative meeting organized by the UNMISS Human Rights Division.
![UN Secretary-General António Guterres has written a letter to the Security Council on the implementation of recommendations by Major General (retired)Patrick Cammaert related to July events in South Sudan.](https://unmiss.unmissions.org/sites/default/files/styles/380x220/public/field/image/fullsizerender_4.jpg?itok=iymprN_l)
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has written a letter to the Security Council on the implementation of recommendations by Major General (retired)Patrick Cammaert related to July events in South Sudan.