24 Dec 2020 - JUBA, 23 December 2020
This year has been one of the most challenging we may face in our lifetime given the severe impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on all our lives, right across the world. Whether we are UNMISS peacekeepers or citizens of South Sudan, we have all suffered. Some...
From the virtual Security Council session where UNMISS Head David Shearer briefed the Council on the situation in South Sudan.
17 Nov 2020 -
[near verbatim]It’s good to see you in person, although I know some of you are still wary, as you should be, about these COVID times. And thank you to all of those people...
04 Nov 2020 -
Vice PresidentsMembers of the Steering committeeExcellencies...
Chief Inspector Doreen Malambo from Zambia has been named the 2020 United Nations Woman Police Officer of the Year. She is currently serving as a Gender Adviser with UNMISS.
30 Oct 2020 - New York, Friday, 30 October 2020 – The UN Department of Peace Operations announced that Chief Inspector Doreen Malambo of Zambia, currently serving in the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) will...
On 29 September 2020, David Shearer, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General and Head of UNMISS, briefed media partners on the current situation in South Sudan. The briefing was held at the mission's headquarters in Juba.
30 Sep 2020 - Juba, 29 September 2020 - Good afternoon everybody. It’s good to be with you again and to see you in person, albeit with your facemasks on. It’s important, as we know, to follow these COVID prevention measures to keep us all safe. A special...
David Shearer, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General, briefs members of the Security Council on the situation in South Sudan.
16 Sep 2020 - [AS DELIVERED]STATEMENT OF THE SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE SECRETARY-GENERAL DAVID SHEARERBRIEFING TO THE SECURITY COUNCIL ON THE SITUATION IN SOUTH SUDANJuba, 16 September 2020...
04 Sep 2020 - Thank you for joining me today. Good morning everybody. It is good to see you all again in person, even with your masks on.With COVID, it’s a difficult time for us, and I appreciate you being here and taking the...
02 Sep 2020 - Juba, 2 September 2020:A temporary peacekeeping base is being established at Lobonok, in the Central Equatorian region of South Sudan, to help deter violence after a surge in armed attacks on civilians and humanitarian convoys....
Between April and June 2020, the overall number of civilians affected by violence decreased by 8 per cent, despite an increase by more than half (52 per cent) in the number of incidents, as compared with the first quarter of the year. However, COVID-19-related restrictions on movement negatively impacted UNMISS' capacity to thoroughly document all incidents.
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