15 May 2017 - New York, 15 May 2017
[as delivered]
Mr. President, Distinguished Members of the Security Council, Ladies and Gentlemen,
Let me begin by commending Uruguay and the Deputy Foreign Minister in particular for hosting this important Debate.
I also salute the Security Council for...
Note to Correspondents on South Sudan - UN SG Remarks
12 May 2017 - Note to Correspondents on South Sudan
On the margins of the London Conference on Somalia, the Secretary-General discussed the situation in South Sudan with a number of international stakeholders. In this respect, on 10 and 11 May 2017, he met with the Chairperson of the Inter-...
07 May 2017 - Peacekeeping troops have been urgently deployed to Aburoc in the Upper Nile region by the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) to help enable the delivery of much needed humanitarian assistance.
“The aim is to provide humanitarian groups with the confidence they...
05 May 2017 - The members of the Security Council strongly condemned the attack against the United Nations Mission in the Republic of South Sudan (UNMISS) on 3 May in Leer, South Sudan. The members of the Security Council expressed appreciation for the actions taken by UNMISS peacekeepers...
04 May 2017 - GENEVA (4 May 2017) – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein on Thursday urged the Government of South Sudan to halt any further military offensives towards Aburoc on the west bank of the River Nile in the Upper Nile region. The town holds between 35,000...
UNMISS peacekeepers repel attack on base in famine area
04 May 2017 - An attack on a United Nations base has been strongly condemned by the head of the UN Mission inSouth Sudan (UNMISS), David Shearer, as being carried out with callous disregard for the lives forcivilians as well as UN and humanitarian workers.
Between 11pm and midnight on...
UNMISS chief David Shearer is urging the warring parties in South Sudan to “stop the suffering they are causing" and is "extremely concerned" for an estimated 50,000 displaced people believed to be in Aburoc, Upper Nile. (Archive photo from Malakal, Upper Nile).
27 Apr 2017 - (Scroll down for audio version)
The warring parties in South Sudan have been urged by the head of the UN Mission in South Sudan, (UNMISS), David Shearer to “stop the suffering they are causing, take responsibility for the lives they have destroyed and to uphold their...
UNMISS SRSG briefing the Security Council on the current situation in South Sudan.
25 Apr 2017 - (Scroll down for soundbites with transcripts, plus David Shearer interview ahead of the Security Council briefing)
“No concerted effort” has been made by any of the warring parties in South Sudan to adhere to a ceasefire in the country, instead there has been an escalation in...
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