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Mixed trends in South Sudan’s media growth, says DSRSG

17 April 2013 - Some positive steps have been taken to promote the growth of South Sudan's independent media sector, but there is also increasing unease about the safety of journalists in the country, the Deputy Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General (DSRSG) for South Sudan

18 Apr 2013

UNMISS provides HIV/AIDS training in Bentiu

15 April 2013 – The UNMISS HIV/AIDS unit kicked off a three-week-long training for counselors today in Bentiu in collaboration with the Unity State government's Ministry of Health and the South Sudan HIV/AIDS Commission.

17 Apr 2013

Statement by Dmitry Titov, Assistant Secretary-General for Rule of Law and Security Institutions

I came from New York to discuss with the Government of South Sudan, the United Nations Mission in South Sudan, and bilateral partners the challenges in the strategic areas of justice, military justice, corrections, police, DDR, SSR and mine action as well as the best way to deal with priorities i

17 Apr 2013

South Sudan prepares for new DDR programme

16 April 2013 -- Seeking shelter from the sweltering sun, tens of ex-combatants sat under mango trees across the Greater Bahr El-Ghazal region on a recent afternoon.

16 Apr 2013

Banbury and Johnson visit Bor

13 April 2013 - A delegation of senior UN officials led by Assistant Secretary-General for Field Support Anthony Banbury visited the Jonglei State capital of Bor today in the aftermath of last Tuesday's ambush on an UNMISS convoy that killed a dozen peacekeepers and civilians.

13 Apr 2013

Deceased national staff members honored at ceremony in Juba

12 April 2013 -- The attack on an UNMISS convoy in Jonglei State that killed 12 peacekeepers and civilians earlier this week was a sobering reminder of the hidden hurdles and dangers facing UNMISS staff, the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General (SRSG) Hilde F.

12 Apr 2013

Memorial ceremony for national staff colleagues

Assistant Secretary-General of the Department of Field Support Anthony Banbury presenting a United Nations flag to Delfino Abbas Alex, brother of the late Peter Kiko, during a memorial ceremony in Juba for the two UNMISS national staff members who died in the 9 April ambush of an UNMISS convoy ne

12 Apr 2013

Tri-state area lawmakers seek to end cattle raids

11 April 2013 – Legislators from the states of Unity, Warrap and Lakes participated today in a teleconference and discussed possible ways of ending cattle raids that often result in the deaths of innocent civilians.

11 Apr 2013

Gok Machar residents learn about UNMISS role

9 April 2013- The mandate of UNMISS does not include the defense of South Sudan's international boundaries or the monitoring of its border with Sudan, UNMISS staff members said at a community outreach event held today in Aweil North County in Northern Bahr El-Ghazal State.

11 Apr 2013

UNMISS honors fallen Indian peacekeepers

Indian peacekeepers loading the casket of the late Lt. Col. Mahipal Singh, one of five UNMISS Indian Battalion soldiers who were killed in an ambush on 9 April by heavily armed assailants on the road between Gumuruk and Bor Town in Jonglei State. Photo: UNMISS / Isaac Billy.

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