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UNMISS Launches Sensitization Seminar for the SPLA

Juba, 24 February 2012: The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) yesterday launched the first of a series of sensitization seminars in Juba for Commanders of the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA), in an effort to build confidence, share information and inform about the Mission's man

22 Mar 2012

UNMISS holds first military medal parade

22 March 2012 – The first medal parade since the establishment of UNMISS was held today at the mission's Tomping compound in Juba and brought together personnel from five different military contingents.

22 Mar 2012

16 Mar. SRSG Radhika Coomaraswamy

Hosting Ms. Radhika Coomaraswamy, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations for Children and Armed Conflict.

22 Mar 2012

Disarmament campaign in Ayod County off to peaceful start

21 March 2012 – The statewide disarmament campaign in Jonglei is proceeding peacefully in Ayod County, according to local officials and residents who met with an UNMISS integrated monitoring team today.

22 Mar 2012

Vice President Machar urges Murle to surrender small arms

20 March 2012 – The South Sudanese Vice President Riek Machar called on members of the Murle ethnic group to surrender their weapons to the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) during a visit today to the Jonglei State towns of Pibor and Manyabol.

21 Mar 2012

UNMISS team observes disarmament in Boma

20 March 2012 – Over 100 guns have been collected in the Jonglei town of Boma and environs since a statewide civilian disarmament campaign began there a week ago.

21 Mar 2012

Refugee influx into Longochuk and Maiwut counties

16 March 2012 – Cattle rustling, migration and the influx of refugees from neighboring Blue Nile State in Sudan continue to pose problems for the residents of Longochuk and Maiwut counties in Upper Nile State.

20 Mar 2012

Returnees arrive in Bentiu

16 March 2012 – Four barges carrying 382 South Sudanese and their personal belongings arrived in Bentiu at week's end upon completing a long journey from the Sudanese capital of Khartoum.

19 Mar 2012

An orphan’s plea for peace in Jonglei

A teenage boy who lost his mother in an attack on the payam of Duk Padiet earlier this year called on all residents of Jonglei State to surrender their arms to government forces.

19 Mar 2012

Progress report on civilian disarmament in Jonglei

18 March 2012 – In an interview, Jonglei Governor Kuol Manyang Juuk gave an upbeat assessment of the civilian disarmament campaign in his state after it was officially launched by President Salva Kiir Mayarditlast week.

Question: How is the civilian disarmament process proceeding?

19 Mar 2012

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