The Security Council adopted a resolution today (12 Aug) to deploy a “Regional Protection Force” to the South Sudanese capital under chapter seven of the UN charter as part of the extension of the United Nations mission’s (UNMISS ) mandate until 15 December 2016.
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More than a thousand Internally Displaced Persons participated in the inauguration of a new church within the UNMISS Protection of Civilians site in Malakal.
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OHCHR Spokesperson Rupert Colville. Photo: UNTV CH
![UNMISS Civil Affairs Division conflict resolution mitigation management South Sudan Torit Lakes](https://unmiss.unmissions.org/sites/default/files/styles/380x220/public/field/image/cad_conflict_management_in_gun_cattle_camp.jpg?itok=T75sDrje)
An example of the UNMISS Civil Affairs Division at work: a conflict mediation workshop in the Gun cattle camp near Rumbek. Photo: UNMISS/John Mcilwaine