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Some 50 police and prisons officers in Eastern Equatoria's greater Kapoeta region committed to upholding human rights standards as well as built their law enforcement capacities, thanks to an UNMISS-facilitated training. Photo by Okello James/UNMISS
EASTERN EQUATORIA – As South Sudan begins to invigorate ongoing peace processes with a 24-month extension of its ongoing transitional period, upholding the rule of law and respect for human rights are more vital than ever…
Civic education helmed by the UN family aims to galvanize public participation in key political processes in South Sudan, including the drafting of this young country's permanent constitution and upcoming elections. A joint two-day consultation led by UNMISS, UNHCR, UN Women and UNDP sought to hear from internally displaced persons, returnees, women, youth and persons with disabilities in Bentiu. Photo by Roseline Nzelle Nkwelle/UNMISS
UNITY - In 2011, South Sudan won its hard-fought independence from its northern neighbour, Sudan, but those hope-filled times were soon a distant memory as the world’s newest nation became embroiled in bloody, brutal civil…
Suki Nagra, the Director of the Human Rights, Transitional Justice and Rule of Law Section for UNSMIL and Dutch Ambassador Dolf Hogewoning present a list of human rights principles to Presidential Council President Mohammad Menfi based on consultations with 500 Libyans on 15 March 2023.
The United Nations Support Mission in Libya and the Dutch Ambassador to Libya presented to Presidential Council President Mohammed Menfi Wednesday a list of seven human rights principles and recommendations based on…
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Bosaso – Somalia has around 2.9 million internally displaced people (IDPs). Their opportunities for a normal life have been disrupted by being forced to move due to conflict and climate change. Of these, some 300,000 are…
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This Week in DPPA is a brief roundup of political and peacebuilding events and developments at UNHQ and around the world. Under-Secretary-General DiCarlo meets with Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot leaders Under-Secretary…
The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) has released the human rights Annual Brief on Violence Affecting Civilians that shows a two percent increase in the number of civilians harmed across South Sudan in 2022…
From 15 to 17 March, UNOAU attended various meetings with the AU, the World Bank (WB) and a visiting Delegation from UNHQ to discuss the AU Disarmament, Demobilization, Reintegration Capacity Project (AUDDRCP). The project…
From 16 to 17 March, 2023, SRSG to the AU and Head of UNOAU, Parfait Onanga-Anyanga, attended the 9th Annual Meeting of Heads of UN entities in Central Africa in Libreville, Gabon, organised by UNOCA. The meeting was preceded…
In Bunia, on 8 March 2023, peacekeepers from MONUSCO's Bangladeshi contingent organized a free medical consultation at Ndromo camp (Ituri). Photos MONUSCO / Lilianne Nyatcha
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Forty women survivors of sexual violence were made aware of the empowerment of women on 8 March. The police component (UNPOL) of MONUSCO, which carried out this activity in Bunia in the province of Ituri, on the fringes of…
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NEW YORK - UN Security Council today unanimously adopted Security Council Resolution 2678 (2023) extending the mandate of UNAMA until 17 March 2024. The Council also stressed the critical importance of a continued presence of…
In Bunia, on 8 March 2023, peacekeepers from MONUSCO's Bangladeshi contingent organized a free medical consultation at Ndromo camp (Ituri). Photos MONUSCO / Lilianne Nyatcha Forty women survivors of sexual violence were made…
March 8 is annually marked as International Women’s Day across the globe. In Aweil, Northern Bahr El Ghazal, UNMISS celebrated this Day with traditional dances, discussions on equal rights for women and an exhibition of…