#PeaceBegins with participation!

Civil society, youth, govt partners, women + state elections committees in Northern Bahr El Ghazal, #SouthSudan 🇸🇸, attend a workshop held by the United Nations on electoral standards, principles & management techniques🗳️

👉🏾bit.ly/4bQkeVd

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#PeaceBegins with justice⚖️!

That's the philosophy behind a joint #UNMISS & UNDP South Sudan workshop preparing 17 justice officials in Tonj South🇸🇸 for an upcoming circuit court.

This initiative is funded by #RSRTF through its Kong Koc project!

👉🏾 bit.ly/4dT2NFl
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'I wish to underscore that as matters stand, the Revitalized Peace Agreement remains the only route towards enduring peace in #SouthSudan ,' says SRSG/Head of #UNMISS , Nicholas Haysom, at today's RJMEC South Sudan plenary.

His full remarks👉🏾 bit.ly/3V9KULd

Meet Sgt. Epiphania Makaza 🇿🇼 who has been a police officer for 12 years and is now serving with UNMISS.

As a Personnel Officer, she manages the database of all personnel & performs administrative duties, ensuring smooth operations. #PKDay #WomenPeaceSecurity Mission of the Republic of Zimbabwe to the UN

#PeaceBegins when the entire community works together to prevent gender-based violence!
#UNMISS United Nations Police organized a programme at Living Word Church in Rumbek #SouthSudan for 26 members to
✅ identify & report sexual and gender-based violence
✅ role of community, church & police

#UNMISS United Nations Police officers from United Nations in Cambodia train #South Sudan police on traffic safety!
30 #South Sudan Police Officers were trained on:
✅Fundamentals of traffic control
✅Crowd control and pedestrian safety
✅Using breathalyzers
#A4P working with the people of #South Sudan

#UNMISS Mongolian peacekeepers in Abiemnom, #SouthSudan renovated schools & hospitals, by rebuilding classrooms, repairing roofs, and enhancing healthcare.

The #UNMISS Force Commander, Abiemnom County Commissioner, and Mongolian commander attended the reopening. #A4P

#Climate shocks continue to wreak havoc across Unity State in #SouthSudan
272 #UNMISS peacekeepers from Pakistan have worked tirelessly to safeguard 300,000 lives by building & maintaining dikes to keep out 5,600 square km of floodwaters.

Read here bit.ly/4aB9CZy

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#PeaceBegins when communities participate & find sustainable solutions to problems!
In Jaac, #SouthSudan #UNMISS informed community members of resolutions & recommendations from an annual cattle migration conference.
The aim: Promote intercommunal harmony & prevent conflict.
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#PeaceBegins with community confidence!

#UNMISS visited Kauto #SouthSudan & met 500 community members in the aftermath of recent conflict & reassured them of joint efforts with local authorities to secure release of abductees + humanitarian assistance by @UNSouthSudan.

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#UNMISS recently facilitated a visit by state authorities to #SouthSudan 's🇸🇸 Boro Medina, where hundreds of refugees and returnees fleeing the #SudanCrisis continue to arrive every day.

Read more👉🏾 bit.ly/4brGSU2

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A solar-powered ☀️water facility handed over by #UNMISS to residents of the Wedwil refugee settlement, #SouthSudan 🇸🇸, is expected to address water shortages, a major challenge faced by those fleeing the #SudanCrisis .

More on this 'green' initiative bit.ly/3V1i3Zg
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In Gogrial West, #SouthSudan 🇸🇸, an #UNMISS workshop brought together community leaders, court clerks, prisons & police officers, to find solutions that strengthen the criminal justice system ⚖️

After all, #PeaceBegins ☮️ with rule of law!

More👉🏾bit.ly/3V2xcd3

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#PeaceBegins 🕊️with healthy harvests🌽!

That's why #UNMISS peacekeepers from #Bangladesh handed over seeds + farming implements to communities in Wau, as part of efforts to build confidence by boosting food security.

The heartwarming story👉🏾 bit.ly/4akAZ9Z

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#PeaceBegins with capacity building! That’s what #UNMISS United Nations Police officers focused on to conduct workshops for 200 #SouthSudan National Police officers, including 80 women in Rubkona & Mayom.
✅ crime scene management
✅interrogation
✅ respond to violence against women & girls

#PeaceBegins 🕊️when civil society fully participate in democratic processes!
As #SouthSudan 🇸🇸 heads to its first post-independence elections, #UNMISS holds workshops in Unity & Ruweng respectively to build capacities among civil society actors

More👉🏾bit.ly/3wrwtZv

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A two-day workshop on conflict mitigation and management jointly facilitated by #UNMISS & Upper Nile state authorities sought to boost trust + confidence among communities in Nasir and South Sudanese 🇸🇸uniformed personnel deployed here.

Read 👉🏾 bit.ly/4bljSpO

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1190 men & 10 women peacekeepers from #India 🇮🇳 #ServingForPeace in Malakal, Kodok & Renk, #SouthSudan 🇸🇸 receive the United Nations medal for

✅patrolling to protect civilians
✅improving roads
✅helping communities through veterinary interventions
✅providing medical services

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In Bor, #SouthSudan 🇸🇸, an #UNMISS workshop on peacefully settling land disputes brought together 46 participants to come up with sustainable recommendations on promoting accountability and transparency

More👉🏾bit.ly/4bvGyUc

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#PeaceBegins when communities are empowered to partner with local law enforcement to boost security!

UNMISS officers recently visited a Police Community Relations Committee (PCRC) in Mathiang, #SouthSudan to emphasize that safety is a shared responsibility.
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