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Indian engineers launch project to repair and rehabilitate Malakal-Melut road
A major project to repair 205 kilometers of road from Malakal to Melut, in the north of South Sudan, is underway by Indian engineers serving with the United Nations Mission in the conflict-affected country. The main road has…
Sixth Mini Dublin Group meeting, UNRCCA Centre, Ashgabat, Turkmenistan
- Mini-Dublin Group Meetings
On 30 November 2017, UNRCCA hosted the 6th Mini-Dublin Group (informal co-ordination group of like-minded countries on the fight against illicit drugs) meeting in Ashgabat chaired by the Ambassador of Italy to Turkmenistan…
Women in the Jonglei region say they reject gender-based violence, early and forced marriages and they remain committed to raise awareness against this plight. The United Nations Mission in South Sudan and other partners are…
Hundreds of women from rural villages in Tonj have gathered together to call for better education for girls and the opening up of adult training and learning opportunities for South Sudanese women. The women took part in a…
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Sustainable and inclusive development is an end in itself. But lack of development and inclusive government, including poverty, inequality and exclusion, are factors in creating conflict and driving terrorism and violent…
- Security Council
Mr. President, Members of the Security Council, According to the official news agency of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) and various governmental sources, at approximately 02:48 am local time on 29 November…
The most senior United Nations official in South Sudan has condemned the “horrific” killing of some 45 civilians in the Jonglei region on Tuesday when a Murle ethnic group attacked a Dinka village. “I utterly condemn these…
SdeM: Thank you very much. I will take questions of course, that is why I will just give you a little bit of a summary here This round of talks in Geneva is number 8, and we are planning to have it lasting up to the 15 th of…
Civil society organizations urged to promote human rights in South Sudan Civil society organizations are being urged to play an active and positive role in promoting human rights in South Sudan as part of their response to an…
The killing of “innocent civilians” in the Jonglei region of South Sudan has been condemned as “horrific” by the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for the country, David Shearer. Reports suggest that around…
UN Special Envoy for Africa’s Great Lakes region (center) addressing the Peacebuilding Commission at the United Nations headquarters, New York, 27 November 2017 (Photo UN/Richard Bajornas)
New York, 27 November 2017 - In the morning of the 27 November 2017, the Special Envoy of the Secretary General for the Great Lakes Region, Said Djinnit, briefed the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC) at the United Nations…