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UNMISS chief David Shearer presenting encouraging results of a perception survey at a press conference in Juba.
A new public opinion survey has found that 89 percent of South Sudanese believe that it is likely that there will be durable peace in the war-ravaged country by the end of this year.
Officers from the government army all ears in Yei during a discussion on how not use children in armed forces.
“We are looking forward to the day when our army will have a positive image in the outside world, when we have a holistic relationship with our civil population and when South Sudan is no longer on the list of countries that support the recruitment and use of children by armed forces.”
UN peacekeepers received a certificate of appreciation for their donation of vital supplies to the main hospital in Bor.
Imagine a large, regional referral hospital which does not even have standard, everyday items like disinfectants and antibiotics.
Women at a rapprochement event in Kapoeta, Eastern Equatoria.
“The leadership of South Sudan needs to remember that the people of South Sudan want peace. This is evidenced by this meeting and many like it across the country that I have witnessed,” stated David Shearer, the Head of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan.
Catherine Lotto from the Young Christian Women's Association at a workshop about gender provisions in the revitalized peace agreement.
“I am a woman, a peacemaker and a peacekeeper. That is how I am made.”
Many a peer of Catherine Lotto, representing the Young Women Christian Association, seemed to embody that sentiment on this day at the University of Juba.
UN, AU and IGAD representatives at a press conference in Juba, expressing their united support for the implementation of the revitalized peace agreement.
A high-powered delegation from the United Nations, the African Union and the Intergovernmental Authority on Development has urged South Sudan’s leaders to make urgent efforts to fully implement the peace deal for the sake of their people.
Women in Juba meet a high-powered delegation from the UN, AU and IGAD, urging them to support their right to representation.
Women and girls have borne the brunt of the six-year long conflict in South Sudan. Thousands have experienced the threat or reality of abduction, rape, deprivation, displacement and death.
UN Under-Secretary-General Jean-Pierre Lacroix, a delegation from the African Union and IGAD, including its Special Envoy arriving in Juba.
“We are totally united in support of the revitalized peace agreement and in support of South Sudan and its people.”
The IGAD Council of Ministers has endorsed a six-month extension for the peace process in South Sudan.
The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) Council of Ministers has endorsed a request to extend the deadline for the establishment of a Revitalized Transitional Government of National Unity by six months.
Young women and men in Aweil gaining conflict resolution skills at an UNMISS-led workshop.
Youth in Aweil are blaming the government and “society” for their high levels of unemployment and for not being allowed to participate sufficiently in peace building and conflict mitigation.