#UNMISS United Nations Police officers have been busy in Yambio, #SouthSudan , hosting
➡️A 4-day workshop on crime scene management for 40 local police officers
➡️A daylong sensitization on the country’s penal code laws for 21 officers
After all, #PeaceBegins ☮️when rule of law is upheld!
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“Today, we reaffirm our commitment to peace with our neighbours'— Kraal community leader.

Thanks to an UNMISS peace dialogue, feuding pastoralists in 🇸🇸 #SouthSudan 's Eastern Equatoria came together to end cattle raids & revenge attacks.

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.United Nations Police officers #ServingForPeace ☮️with #UNMISS , regularly connect with South Sudanese interlocuters to see how they can help boost rule of law⚖️. Recently in Juba, they visited the IDP camp to check on security issues + raised awareness on child rights at a local school!
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'Peace must always be born within you' — Ashraf Abdurahman Kuku, 🎨 art student in Juba, #SouthSudan .

On this #WorldArtDay , we celebrate art's transformative power in building peace & bringing communities together. 📷: UNMISS

#PeaceBegins 🕊️ when education is prioritized.

In Pibor, #SouthSudan 🇸🇸, patrolling United Nations Police officers from #UNMISS met secondary school teachers & students to discuss high drop out rates + encourage girls to complete their education & be financially independent!

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At #UNMISS , we believe that protecting civilians is all about partnerships; that's the spirit informing the inaugural meeting in Entebbe of Force Commanders from UN Peacekeeping missions in Africa, where they shared best practices + ways to boost inter-mission cooperation
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#UNMISS is aware of a social media scam where people are being asked to pay money for a job with our UN Peacekeeping mission in #SouthSudan 🇸🇸.

The @UN doesn't charge any fee for job applications & you can apply for jobs through our official website 👇🏽
careers.un.org

Thanks to #UNMISS United Nations Police in Malakal 🇸🇸, #SouthSudan , some 150 community leaders, youth groups & displaced persons at the @UN protection site, including 100 women👭🏾, were trained on gender equality + women’s participation in public life🗳️📜

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#PeaceBegins with development! While patrolling in Rubkona 🇸🇸, #SouthSudan , United Nations Police officers #ServingForPeace with #UNMISS spoke to community members about the role of education in building harmony, economic stability + a brighter future.

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At #UNMISS we believe #PeaceBegins 🕊️when communities team up to find solutions for preventing conflict. In Eastern Equatoria, #SouthSudan , feuding pastoralists come together at our peace dialogue to end cyclical cattle🐄raids + revenge attacks!
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In Kuajok 🇸🇸, the #UNMISS United Nations Police teamed up with #SouthSudan National Police officers to raise awareness among 33 community leaders, including 10 women 👭🏾, on preventing sexual and gender-based violence.

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Given recent intercommunal tensions & heightened insecurity in Tambura 🇸🇸, #SouthSudan , #UNMISS peacekeepers have intensified patrols 🚓 to reassure the community and are collaborating with local authorities as well as state security organs, to protect civilians 🕊️

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In Yei, #SouthSudan 🇸🇸, United Nations Police officers from #UNMISS
✅ assessed the security situation in IDP camps
✅ interacted with communities on peacefully resolving disputes
✅ spoke to secondary school students on #ChildRights
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🕊️ #PeaceBegins when the rule of law is strengthened! To support the #SouthSudan National Police in Yambio 🇸🇸, #UNMISS United Nations Police organized a three-day training on public order management & crowd control for some 40 officers, including 5 women.

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.UNMAS + partners in #SouthSudan 🇸🇸 work tirelessly to make the ground safe for communities to live freely; peacekeepers to patrol + humanitarians to deliver vital aid. Here’s how they do it 📹
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#UNMISS + the Relief and Rehabilitation Commission in Lakes hosted a workshop for 32 government reps & partners on the #SouthSudan Action Plan for Return, Reintegration & Recovery; discussed ending intercommunal conflict, fair resource distribution & successful reintegration
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Last week, United Nations Police officers #ServingForPeace with #UNMISS 🇸🇸
📍Kuajok➡️Met primary school students to emphasize the importance of education.
📍Torit➡️Raised awareness on community policing benefits among the Mairo community.
📍Malakal➡️Helped facilitate food distribution.

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Some 40 stakeholders joined a validation exercise led by the Eastern Equatoria Relief & Rehabilitation Commission, #UNMISS , UNDP South Sudan, UNHCR South Sudan, IOM South Sudan & South Sudan NGO Forum, to review the draft National Action Plan📜on Return, Reintegration & Recovery.

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🇩🇪 has decided to make 🇸🇸one of its focus countries for humanitarian demining activities! Thank you UNMAS for the opportunity to highlight our support to demining NGOs in 🇸🇸- and to say a heart-felt “thank you” to those who do the hard work of demining in the field. (Cs) #SSOX

#IMAD2024 Today, NMAA, UNMAS , UNMISS, GICHD and partners celebrated International Mine Awareness Day and launched the 🇸🇸 Mine Action Strategy 2024-28 with music, dance and clay modeling art by children showcasing how mine action is #ProtectingLivesBuildingPeace .