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

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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.

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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

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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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#PeaceBegins when children are protected! At a sensitization conducted by #UNMISS United Nations Police officers, 150 students in Yambio, #SouthSudan , learnt to
✅identify sexual and gender-based violence
✅report crimes to the police

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'A peaceful future to me is one where people are not deprived of their rights.' #PKDay

As a United Nations Police Capacity Building Officer with UNMISS, Superintendent Jahed Pervez Chowdhury 🇧🇩organizes workshops and training for the South Sudan National Police. Bangladesh@UN

In Kapoeta🇸🇸, South Sudanese police officers enhance their capacities to deal with crimes related to livestock🐄 and transhumance, thanks to United Nations Police officers #ServingForPeace 🕊️with #UNMISS .

For more, read 👉🏾bit.ly/3UA79bD

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#PeaceBegins when women are fully engaged!

An #UNMISS cultural festival in Jonglei, #SouthSudan 🇸🇸, ends with spirited calls for women's full, equal participation in politics, governance and decision-making.

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#PeaceBegins with education!

In Wau, #SouthSudan 🇸🇸, #UNMISS peacekeepers from #Bangladesh 🇧🇩are supporting local schools by handing over textbooks📚, school bags🎒, pencils ✎, teaching materials & sports equipment + footballs⚽, volleyballs🏐

👉🏾bit.ly/3UPsgrG

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A fresh surge of violence in troubled greater Tambura, #SouthSudan 🇸🇸, has led to hundreds being newly displaced.

#UNMISS peacekeepers are patrolling 24/7 to deescalate tensions and restore calm, though the situation remains fragile.

Read👉🏾 bit.ly/4bty3bX

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What happens when feuding communities come together? They agree to

✅stop intercommunal violence
✅prioritize peace
✅collectively bring in development

That's what residents of greater Tali 🇸🇸 decided at a dialogue hosted by #UNMISS , partners👇🏾
bit.ly/3UQpsKX

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It was a proud day when 700 Blue Helmets - including 73 women - from #Ghana 🇬🇭 #ServingForPeace with #UNMISS in Bentiu, #SouthSudan 🇸🇸, received the prestigious United Nations medal for their commitment to protecting civilians & helping build a more peaceful future.

Thank you Ghana!

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#PeaceBegins with a little inspiration!

That’s what our #UNMISS United Nations Police officers focused on while speaking to 33 young students in Yambio, #SouthSudan 🇸🇸, about why it’s vital to

✅Finish school
✅Report crimes to local police
✅Prevent violence against women & girls

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At #UNMISS , we believe #PeaceBegins ☮️when capacities are strengthened!

That's why our United Nations Police officers in Torit, #SouthSudan 🇸🇸, recently held a practical training on crime scene management for local policing counterparts!

Kudos👏🏾!

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#PeaceBegins when there is justice for all.

#UNMISS works with South Sudanese authorities to bring mobile courts to community members in remote areas who do not have ready access to formal justice mechanisms.

Take a look at the impact!

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