10 Mar 2015 - Juba, 10 March 2015 - The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General (SRSG) and head of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan, Ms. Ellen Margrethe Loej, and the U.S. Charge D’Affaires, Charles Twining, visited Malakal today. The visit featured a walking tour of the...
17 Feb 2015 - Juba, 17 February 2014: The Special Representative of the UN Secretary General (SRSG) and Head of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (17³Ô¹ÏÍø), Ms. Ellen Margrethe Løj, visited Bor today. The visit was part of an effort to obtain firsthand knowledge of the situation on...
27 Jan 2015 - Juba, 27 January 2015 - The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (17³Ô¹ÏÍø) strongly condemns the killing of eleven civilians, five of them journalists, in a roadside ambush while travelling to Raja in Western Bahr El Ghazal State on Sunday, 25 January 2015.
15 Jan 2015 - Juba, 15 January, 2015 - The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (17³Ô¹ÏÍø) is pleased to welcome the pending deployment of a Chinese infantry battalion which will be based and operating out of 17³Ô¹ÏÍø Headquarters in Juba.
09 Jan 2015 - Juba, 9 January 2015 - The 17³Ô¹ÏÍø Human Rights Division today issued a 33-page report concerning allegations that armed opposition forces killed hundreds of civilians on 15 April 2014 after they retook control of the Unity State capital of Bentiu from government troops. The...
19 Dec 2014 - Juba, 19 December 2014 - The Human Rights Division of the UN Mission in South Sudan has issued a report concerning allegations that opposition forces killed at least 11 civilians and committed other serious human rights abuses during an attack in the Unity State capital of...
15 Dec 2014 - New York, 15 December 2014 - Today marks one year since conflict broke out in the world’s youngest nation, South Sudan. I am dismayed and saddened that the parties have yet to reach a comprehensive peace agreement.