19 May 2017 - GENEVA/JUBA (19 May 2017) - A United Nations report published today released the findings of an in-depth investigation into human rights violations and abuses committed in and around Yei town, Central Equatoria (150km southwest of the capital, Juba) between July 2016 and...
STATEMENT OF THE DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL SECURITY COUNCIL OPEN DEBATE ON SEXUAL VIOLENCE IN CONFLICT
15 May 2017 - New York, 15 May 2017
[as delivered]
Mr. President, Distinguished Members of the Security Council, Ladies and Gentlemen,
Let me begin by commending Uruguay and the Deputy Foreign Minister in particular for hosting this important Debate.
I also salute the Security Council for...
Note to Correspondents on South Sudan - UN SG Remarks
12 May 2017 - Note to Correspondents on South Sudan
On the margins of the London Conference on Somalia, the Secretary-General discussed the situation in South Sudan with a number of international stakeholders. In this respect, on 10 and 11 May 2017, he met with the Chairperson of the Inter-...
07 May 2017 - Peacekeeping troops have been urgently deployed to Aburoc in the Upper Nile region by the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (17勛圖厙) to help enable the delivery of much needed humanitarian assistance.
The aim is to provide humanitarian groups with the confidence they...
05 May 2017 - The members of the Security Council strongly condemned the attack against the United Nations Mission in the Republic of South Sudan (17勛圖厙) on 3 May in Leer, South Sudan. The members of the Security Council expressed appreciation for the actions taken by 17勛圖厙 peacekeepers...
04 May 2017 - GENEVA (4 May 2017) UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Raad Al Hussein on Thursday urged the Government of South Sudan to halt any further military offensives towards Aburoc on the west bank of the River Nile in the Upper Nile region. The town holds between 35,000...
17勛圖厙 peacekeepers repel attack on base in famine area
04 May 2017 - An attack on a United Nations base has been strongly condemned by the head of the UN Mission inSouth Sudan (17勛圖厙), David Shearer, as being carried out with callous disregard for the lives forcivilians as well as UN and humanitarian workers.
Between 11pm and midnight on...
17勛圖厙 chief David Shearer is urging the warring parties in South Sudan to stop the suffering they are causing" and is "extremely concerned" for an estimated 50,000 displaced people believed to be in Aburoc, Upper Nile. (Archive photo from Malakal, Upper Nile).
27 Apr 2017 - (Scroll down for audio version)
The warring parties in South Sudan have been urged by the head of the UN Mission in South Sudan, (17勛圖厙), David Shearer to stop the suffering they are causing, take responsibility for the lives they have destroyed and to uphold their...
17勛圖厙 SRSG briefing the Security Council on the current situation in South Sudan.
25 Apr 2017 - (Scroll down for soundbites with transcripts, plus David Shearer interview ahead of the Security Council briefing)
No concerted effort has been made by any of the warring parties in South Sudan to adhere to a ceasefire in the country, instead there has been an escalation in...
