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Hundreds of citizens enjoy an advocacy for peace rally in Yambio
Modern and traditional singers as well as comedians spiced up an advocacy for peace event in Yambio designed to educate local communities about the revitalized agreement and to encourage them to be ambassadors for peace…
Female Bangladeshi peacekeepers inspire the women of Wau to join security forces
Female members of the Bangladeshi military contingent serving with the United Nations Mission in South Sudan are inspiring women in the communities they serve to consider a career in the country’s security forces. Fifteen…
Korean, Malaysian and Italian peacekeepers offer unique training programme to LAF
UNIFIL peacekeepers from the Republic of Korea, Malaysia and Italy conducted a five-day long training with the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) in the Chewakeer training base in Tyre, south Lebanon. Innovative patrolling…
Reunification of rival forces in Panyier raises hopes for durable peace among civilians
“Now that they train together, eat together and command together, peace has come. I am convinced that they will protect us and our country together.” That optimistic opinion was expressed by Bor resident, Achol Deng Nai…
Central Kasai province determined to set up a provincial Truth, Reconciliation and Justice commission
Central Kasai province determined to set up a provincial Truth, Reconciliation and Justice commission. Photo MONUSCO/Laurent Sam OUSSOU Kananga, February 5, 2020 - The United Nations Joint Human Rights Office (UNJHRO) and the…
Jonglei women express desire to achieve 35 percent political representation
“Women and men have equal rights and if we are given that opportunity, I think we will be able to participate fully in governance, and we can do anything that a man can do.” That was the view of Abuk Monykuer a participant at…
Opposition forces receive training on protecting children caught up in armed conflict
Senior officers from opposition forces living in cantonment sites in the Eastern Equatorian region of South Sudan have received training to help them better understand the laws that protect children caught up in armed…
UK Minister visits Malakal as engineering task force prepares to exit South Sudan mission
The United Kingdom’s Minister of State for the Armed Forces, Anne-Marie Trevelyan, has visited Malakal where she met with local authorities and toured the United Nations hospital that has been constructed by British army…
Tribal groups in Jonglei work to bury their differences and build peace
When members of the Murle, Jie and Kachipo communities first met at a peace dialogue they sat separately, reflecting the tense and complex relationship that has developed as the result of persistent violent clashes between…
SRSG TANIN MEETS THE CHARGÉ D’AFFAIRES OF THE EMBASSY OF LUXEMBOURG, MS. NATACHA GOMES
On 6 February 2020, Zahir Tanin, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of UNMIK, met Ms. Natacha Gomes, the Chargé d’Affaires a.i. of the Embassy of Luxembourg, at UNMIK Headquarters. They discussed the…