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10 June - Sudan DDR programme launched in southern Sudan, $30 million pledged by GoSS
The release of $30 million for the Disarmament, Demobilisation and Reintegration (DDR) programme in southern Sudan was announced earlier today in Juba at the launch of the DDR programme in the region. More
15 June - Bentiu kicks off celebrations for the International Day of the African Child in Sudan
The International Day of the African Child, commemorated globally on 16 June, was celebrated in Bentiu, Unity State yesterday 14 June. More
16 June - UNMIS supports sanitation improvement in Mayo area of Khartoum
The lives of some 120 people affected by leprosy and other disease living in Mayo area in the outskirts of Khartoum are improved by the construction of 10 pit latrines that aim to provide much needed health and hygiene access. More
UN Special Representative hopes stability can return to Mogadishu
Nairobi, 13 July 2009 – The UN Special Representative for Somalia, Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah, has expressed the hope that gains made by the Somali Security forces over the weekend will allow some stability to return to Mogadishu and its residents to return to live normal lives. [Somali]
- Press Conferences
20 July - The pending ruling of the Permanent Court of Arbitration on Abyei
Hosting SRSG, Ashraf Qazi Read the full transcript
Statement from the United Nations in Somalia on the looting of UN compounds in South Central Somalia
Nairobi, 20 July 2009 – Two UN compounds were looted today in Baidoa and Wajid, Somalia. Al Shabaab men entered both compounds and took UN equipment and vehicles. In Baidoa, the looting of all emergency communication equipment and the lack of security officers makes it impossible for the UN as a…
Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the UN Secretary-General
20 July 2009 -- The Secretary-General is deeply concerned by the increasing violence in West Darfur and along the Chad-Sudan borderThe Secretary-General is disturbed by reports that bombs dropped by Chadian aircraft have struck locations in the vicinity of Umm Dkuhum in West Darfur on 16 July. These…
- Press Releases
05 February- Comprehensive Peace Agreement at critical juncture – Secretary-General’s report
The Secretary-General's report on the Sudan has been released and is to be presented later today to the United Nations Security Council in New York by the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Sudan, Ashraf Qazi. In his report, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon notes that the Comprehensive…
- Press Releases
26 March- Sudan DDR Programme Progresses into Reintegration Phase
PDF version The ongoing DDR operation in Sudan has marked yet another milestone, with the 24 March start up of the Reintegration component of the programme in Ed Damazin, Blue Nile State. Reintegration is the last and most crucial phase of the multi-million dollar scheme in which more than 180,000…
- Press Releases
13 May - 120 UNMIS personnel will be deployed to Jonglei State
As part of UNMIS support to the Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) in the implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA), and in order to provide humanitarian assistance and protection to the civilians in the Jonglei State following the recent tribal clashes, about 120 personnel…