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PRESS RELEASE - South Sudan: UN Report finds nearly 600 civilians were killed amid gross human rights abuses and serious violations of international humanitarian law by armed groups in Greater Upper Nile in late 2022
The UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) and the UN Human Rights Office today released a joint report entitled "Attacks against civilians in Greater Upper Nile, South Sudan." The report, which took several months of painstaking work, finds reasonable grounds to believe that between August and December…
UNMISS Human Rights Brief: Community-based militias responsible for the majority of violence against civilians; government urged to step up responsibility to protect
Community-based militias were responsible for the majority of violence against civilians between July and September 2023, according to the latest United Nations Mission in South Sudan’s (UNMISS) human rights brief. The Mission documented at least 215 incidents of violence impacting 641 civilians…
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Press Release: UNMISS calls for immediate end to fighting and mobilizations in Leer County, Unity State
The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) calls for an immediate end to the fighting in and around Kai Gai, near Leer town in Unity State.The Mission takes note of reported attacks early on 28 November by pro-government forces and armed youth against a base operated by the Sudan People’s…
Press Release: UNMISS calls for immediate end to fighting and mobilizations in Leer County, Unity State
The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) calls for an immediate end to the fighting in and around Kai Gai, near Leer town in Unity State. The Mission takes note of reported attacks early on 28 November by pro-government forces and armed youth against a base operated by the Sudan People’s…
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Haiti: UN report says gang violence spreading, urges speedy deployment of multinational security mission
GENEVA/PORT-AU-PRINCE (28 November 2023) - A new UN report out today details a further, shocking rise in gang violence in Haiti as criminal gangs forge alliances and expand to rural areas previously considered safe– killing, raping, kidnapping, and destroying property, among other abuses. The report…
Statement by Mr. Nicholas Haysom Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of UNMISS at the 7th Governors’ Forum
[As delivered] His Excellency First Vice President of the Republic and the Vice-Presidents Rt. Honorable Speaker and Deputy Speakers, Governors and Chief Administrators Ministers and Deputy Ministers, Members of Parliament and the Council of States, Traditional leaders and Representatives of Civil…
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Joint Communiqué | Seventh African Union-United Nations Annual Conference
On 28 November 2023, the United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres and the African Union Commission Chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat convened the seventh African Union-United Nations Annual Conference in New York. They stressed their deep concern regarding the current international situation…
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UNSMIL statement on the 16 days of activism to combat violence against women and girls
TRIPOLI, 26 November 2023 - The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) stands united with Libyan defenders of women’s rights in supporting the 16 days of activism for the elimination of violence against women and girls. UNSMIL calls on all Libyan authorities to foster an environment that…
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President of UN General Assembly, H.E. Mr. Dennis Francis, expresses solidarity during visit to Haiti
H.E Mr. Francis and his delegation were received in Port-au-Prince by the country’s Prime Minister, H.E. Mr. Ariel Henry, the Permanent Representative of Haiti to the United Nations, H.E. Mr. Antonio Rodrigue, and members of the Haitian Government. President Francis met with representatives of…
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MINUSMA hands over two annexes ahead of final closure of Mopti camp
As part of MINUSMA's withdrawal process, its regional office in Mopti handed over to the civilian authorities on 22 November 2023, the MINUSMA regional office in Mopti handed over its annex bases of the Office des Produits Agricoles du Mali (OPAM) and the Office du Riz to the civilian authorities…