UPPER NILE- Implementing changes, both of attitudes and behaviour, takes time.
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Learning how to not violate the rights of children in armed conflict ongoing, this time in Malakal. Photo: Ines Surwumwe/UNMISS
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There was pure joy among the boys and girls attending Lietnhom primary school when they received new, UNMISS-funded classrooms, replacing the shade of trees where they were subject to the elements. Photos: Emmanuel Kele/UNMISS
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Fashion show in Rumbek, Lakes State, as peacekeepers and host community celebrated unity in diversity.
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Nicholas Haysom, SRSG and Head of UNMISS, at a press conference in Juba. Photos: Julio Brathwaite/UNMISS
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Peacekeepers and humanitarian actors are working hard to assist thousands of people who have been displaced by floods in Western Equatoria's Mundri West County. Photos: Denis Louro Oliver/UNMISS
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Participants from three counties in Lakes State sign a document with agreed-on resolutions to reduce intercommunal tensions. Photo: James Mawien Manyuol/UNMISS
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Lieutenant Colonel Vishwanath Channamallappa Gundagi from India, wanting to give children a couple of hours of happiness a day, bought and handed over 100 footballs to boys and girls in Western Equatoria State.
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Just about everyone with a say in the South Sudanese peace process was present when International Peace Day was celebrated in Juba. Photo: Isaac Billy/UNMISS