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UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay with UN special envoy for the prevention of genocide Adama Dieng and South Sudanese Minister of Foreign Affairs Barnaba Marial Benjamin after meeting to discuss human rights situation in South Sudan. Photo: UNMISS/Isaac Gideon

28 Apr 2014

Reinforcements at UNMISS protection site in Bor

UNMISS peacekeepers strengthening protection site perimeter at mission’s base in Jonglei State capital Bor following attack on civilians on 17 April.

28 Apr 2014

Hundreds massacred in Bentiu

UNMISS staff and peacekeepers outside mosque in Unity State capital Bentiu where more than 200 people were killed on 15 April. Photo: UN/Amanda Weyler

28 Apr 2014

DSRSG Toby Lanzer visits Bentiu

Deputy Special Represenative of the UN Secretary-General Toby Lanzer talking to an injured man at UNMISS protection site in Unity State capital Bentiu. Photo:UNMISS/Tina Turyagyenda

28 Apr 2014

UNMISS condemns attacks on aid barges

24 April 2014 - An attack today on a convoy of barges hired by UNMISS to a mission base in Upper Nile State was an example of the difficulties aid agencies and the mission were facing in reaching people in hard-to-access areas, a senior humanitarian official in South Sudan said today.

24 Apr 2014

UNMISS condemns unprovoked attack on barge convoy in Upper Nile State

Juba, 24 April 2014 - The UN Mission in South Sudan condemns in the strongest possible terms this morning’s unprovoked attack on a convoy of barges hired by the Mission to deliver urgently needed food and fuel supplies to the UNMISS Upper Nile Base in Malakal.

24 Apr 2014

UNMISS operations not “business-as-usual”, says peacekeeping chief

23 April 2014- The UN could no longer operate in “business-as-usual” mode in South Sudan given the surging violence in the country, Under-Secretary-General for UN Peacekeeping Operations Hervé Ladsous said in New York today.

24 Apr 2014

UNMISS corrects erroneous information provided by the Hon. Minister of Information and Broadcasting

Juba, 23 April 2013 - UNMISS wishes to correct erroneous information provided on two issues during a press conference held earlier today by the Minister of Information and Broadcasting of the Republic of South Sudan, Honourable Michael Makuei Lueth.

24 Apr 2014

International community condemns killings in South Sudan

22 April 2014 - To safeguard the safety and security of displaced people in South Sudan must be the absolute priority of the UN, an independent Human Rights expert said today.

23 Apr 2014

Conflict taking “catastrophic” toll on children, UN officials say

22 April 2014 - It was vital for those in positions of command and leadership to keep children out of harm’s way, UNICEF said in a press release issued in Juba today.

23 Apr 2014

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