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EU lauds President Kiir on the issue of states, stresses importance of peace

February 18, 2020 EU, Press Releases, South Sudan

Press statement, The European Union Delegation to the Republic of South Sudan, the Heads of Mission of France, Germany, the Netherlands and Sweden, and the Heads of Mission of Canada and Switzerland issue the following statement in South Sudan. February 18, 2020 (SSNN)—The Heads of Mission recognise the important decision by President Kiir on Saturday 15th February on the issue […]

Letter to UNHRC on South Sudan -HRW

February 7, 2020 Press Releases

Press statement, Extend the mandate of the Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan Excellencies, February 7th, 2020 (SSNN)—We, the undersigned national, regional, and international non-governmental organisations, write to call on your delegation to actively support the extension of the mandate of the United Nations (UN) Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan (“the CoHR”) during the upcoming 43rd session of […]

Full text: Statement of the SRSG and head of UNMISS, David Shearer on South Sudan

January 24, 2020 Newsbeat, Press Releases, UN, UNMISS

BRIEFING BY THE SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE SECRETARY-GENERAL MR. DAVID SHEARER RJMEC 23 JANUARY 2020 • Chair • Excellencies • Friends and colleagues I want to begin by wishing everyone a happy new year. We all hope that 2020 will be the year in which sustainable peace is consolidated in South Sudan. Next month we will again hit the deadline […]

Government urged to attach more importance to children’s education – UNCEF

January 20, 2020 Newsbeat, Press Releases

Press release, 2.2 million children do not have access to quality education in South Sudan, jeopardizing the future of the entire country January 20th, 2020 (SSNN)—South Sudan is not sufficiently prioritizing children’s education, UNICEF said today. While the internationally agreed international standard for education allocations is 20 per cent of the national budget, South Sudan only spends 5.6 per cent […]

SPLM-IO apologizes to its high-ranking officer, whose name was mistakenly mentioned in press release

November 23, 2019 Newsbeat, Press Releases

Nov 23rd, 2019 (SSNN)-The office of the SPLM-IO National Committee for Information and Public Relations has flatly apologized to Major General Wang Chany Thian for a typographical error that made his names appear in a press statement issued on Friday. “The National Committee for Information and Public Relations of the SPLM / SPLA (IO) would like to issue […]