UNMISS SRSG returns from two-day field visit to Bentiu and Leer; Statement Attributable to the Office of the Spokesperson United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) Juba, 9 February, 2017
09 Feb 2017 - Statement Attributable to the Office of the Spokesperson
United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS)
Juba, 9 February, 2017
The head of the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), David Shearer, returned to Juba on Thursday from a two-day field visit to Bentiu and Leer, two...
Statement Attributable to the Office of the Spokesperson United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS): Upper Nile Operations worrying.
09 Feb 2017 - Fighting in the west bank of the River Nile in the north of South Sudan has reached what the head of the UN mission in the country (UNMISS), David Shearer has described as “worrying proportions.”
What began with an exchange of fire between SPLA and Aguelek opposition forces,...
01 Feb 2017 - The newly arrived head of the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), David Shearer, has said that the mission is “committed to helping the South Sudanese create the conditions of peace and security,” that internally displaced people need in order to feel confident about returning...
Statement on Malakal Attributable to the Office of the Spokesperson, UNMISS Juba, 29 January, 2017
30 Jan 2017 - The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) remains deeply concerned about the outbreak of fighting between the SPLA and SPLA in Opposition in and around Malakal town, including intermittent shelling that has been reported over the last few days. UNMISS reports that on...
Joint Press Statement by the AU, IGAD and the UN Consultations on South Sudan 29 January 2017
29 Jan 2017 - The African Union (AU), the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), and the United Nations (UN) held a joint consultative meeting on South Sudan on January 29, 2017 on the margins of the African Union 28th Ordinary Summit of the Heads of State and Government in Addis...
DAVID SHEARER, NEW HEAD OF THE UN MISSION IN SOUTH SUDAN, ARRIVES IN JUBA.
20 Jan 2017 - The new Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) for South Sudan and Head of the United Nations Mission in the Republic of South Sudan (UNMISS), Mr. David Shearer (New Zealand), has arrived in the country to assume his duties.
Mr. Shearer succeeds Ms. Ellen...
UNMISS Peacekeepers in formation at the Peacekeepers Day Celebration
16 Jan 2017 -
The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) wishes to comment on a recent press statement released by the SPLA I/O and other social media comments accusing UNMISS of facilitating government operations against the SPLA in Opposition in South Sudan.
The Mission...
15 Jan 2017 -
The United Nations Mission in South Sudan’s attention has been drawn to recent statements reported in the media concerning the deployment of the Regional Protection Force. It may be recalled that the United Nations Security Council in its Resolution 2304 decided that UNMISS...
03 Jan 2017 - 1 January 2017
New York
On my first day as Secretary-General of the United Nations, one question weighs heavily on my heart.
How can we help the millions of people caught up in conflict, suffering massively in wars with no end in sight?
Civilians are pounded with deadly force...
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