EASTERN EQUATORIA – As South Sudan races against the clock to hold its first post-independence elections, there’s growing awareness that this young nation’s path to durable peace and prosperity requires systemic changes.
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With moving testimonies of their own experiences as former underage combatants and concrete courses of action, 50 South Sudanese uniformed personnel and allied interlocuters pledge to uphold child rights at an UNMISS workshop in Eastern Equatoria. Photo by Moses Yakudu/UNMISS

In Mundri west, teachers, students, parents and members of the South Sudan National Police Service came together at an UNMISS-facilitated workshop on human rights. Photo by Phillip Mbugo/UNMISS

When UNMISS and South Sudanese authorities visited remote Walgak, they found a rapidly growing community facing multiple serious challenges. Photos: Mach Samuel/UNMISS

UNMISS and the state government of Eastern Equatoria organized a high-level conference in Kapoeta to address the reasons behind the delay in implementing resolutions agreed-on at previous peace dialogues. Photos by Moses Yakudu/UNMISS.

Combatting climate change, UNMISS has built a photovoltaic solar power farm capable of producing all the energy needed to run its water treatment system at UN House in Juba. Photo by Nektarios Markogiannis/UNMISS

No less than 30 of the 150 Bangladeshi peacekeepers who were awarded UN medals at a ceremony in Wau were women. Photos: Alahayi Nemaya/UNMISS