Category: UN

Statement Attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on South Sudan

UN Secretary General, Ban Ki Moon, during a visit to South Sudan(Photo: file)

New York, 1 June 2015 June 1, 2015(Nyamilepedia) — The Secretary-General condemns the Government of South Sudan’s decision to expel the United Nations Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General/ Resident Coordinator/Humanitarian Coordinator of the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), Toby Lanzer. Mr. Lanzer has been instrumental in addressing the increasing humanitarian needs of conflict-affected communities in the…

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Top UN official in South Sudan Urges Accountability For Human Rights Violations

May 24, 2015(Nyamilepedia) –– The United Nations Special Representative for South Sudan, Ellen Margrethe Løj, has urged accountability and justice for those responsible for gross human rights violations committed as a result of South Sudan’s continuing fighting. The announcement came as Ms. Løj completed a visit to a protection-of-civilians (PoC) site run by the UN…

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Children killed, abducted and raped in South Sudan attacks – UNICEF

UNICEF Press Centre JUBA, South Sudan/NAIROBI, Kenya,  May 18, 2015 (Nyamilepedai) -– Dozens of children have been killed, at least 12 raped and others abducted and recruited in a series of attacks in South Sudan’s Unity State over a two-week period, according to eyewitness accounts received by UNICEF. According to dozens of testimonies from people who…

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