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11 Aug

South Sudan not ready for elections despite assurances by political actors: UN

Juba, Aug 11, Constant delays in the implementation of key electoral and constitutional benchmarks by South Sudan parties to the 2018 revitalised peace agreement cast doubts on the possibility of holding elections in 2024, the UN mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) said. Guang Cong, the deputy special representative of the Secretary-General (Political) for South Sudan, said there is an urgent need for the adoption of the national elections act by the revitalised transitional national legislative assembly, the reconstitution of the National Constitutional Review Commission, the National Elections Commission, and the Political Parties Council. "Despite the growing calls for elections in…

08 Dec

Violence in South Sudan forces thousands of civilians to flee: UN

United Nations, Dec 8 (IANS) Violence in South Sudan's Upper Nile State has forced many people to flee the country or hide in swamps, a UN spokeswoman said. "According to local responders, at least 75 per cent of the newly displaced are women and children," said Stephanie Tremblay, an associate spokeswoman for UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. "This surge of new arrivals puts additional pressure on the already limited capacity of our partners to provide services to support them." Peter Van der Auweraert, the UN's interim humanitarian coordinator in South Sudan, strongly condemned the ongoing violence, which has displaced more than 9,000…

07 Jul

Lt Gen Subramanian appointed commander of UN peacekeeping in South Sudan

United Nations: UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has appointed Lt Gen. Mohan Subramanian as the commander of UN peacekeeping in South Sudan, the largest troop deployment in UN missions, Spokesperson Stephane Dujarric announced Tuesday. Subramanian succeeds Lt Gen Shailesh Tinaikar, also of India, as the force commander of the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), Dujarric said. The mission set up in 2011 has 17,982 personnel, of whom 13,254 are troops, the most in the 13 current UN peacekeeping operations.India has contributed 2,385 troops and 30 police personnel to UNMISS.Subramanian was the commandant of the Defence Services Staff College (DSSC) appointed…