In 2025, with the effects of climate change making roads in parts of #SouthSudan ๐ธ๐ธ virtually impassable, #UNMISS engineers worked hard to keep these lifelines open for humanitarians, traders and host communities.
Read our compilation of highlights: https://t.co/0TIjKRkHJS
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Responding to persistent shortages of health-related resources, #UNMISS peacekeepers from #SouthKorea ๐ฐ๐ท set up a medical camp in Anyidi, #SouthSudan ๐ธ๐ธ, providing more than 70 residents with medications and basic treatment to prevent and/or address diseases. Amongst the beneficiaries of the outreach activity were also eager learners at a local school, now proud owners of crucial educational material.
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Our #EndofYearReview of #UNMISS patrols in #SouthSudan ๐ธ๐ธ tells tales of challenges, successes and the odd aborted mission, showing that our peacekeepers have not shied away from efforts to reach even the remotest locations where they were needed.
Read more: https://t.co/tgbDepSJ6W
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@unmissmedia@UN Swathiโs work proves that gender-inclusive approaches are not slogans but force multipliers which are delivering trust, participation and lasting peace where it matters most.
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We congratulate and are proud of our #UNMISS peacekeeper Major Swathi Shanti Kumar ๐ฎ๐ณ, who has won a @UN Secretary-General Award for the gender-inclusive approach of her project โEqual Partners, Lasting Peaceโ. Apart from in the video, you can find out more about Swathi and her work in #SouthSudan here: https://t.co/MRjIVNEPkC
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๐ฅIn Upper Nile State ๐ธ๐ธ, #SouthSudan, #Indian ๐ฎ๐ณ peacekeepers serving with #UNMISS in Malakal have performed limb-saving emergency surgery on a 36-year-old man residing in the town's @UN Protection of Civilians site. The condition of the recovering patient is now stable.
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๐๏ธ๐ To strengthen the operational capabilities of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation in support of the peace process in #SouthSudan ๐ธ๐ธ, #UNMISS handed over two vehicles to help officials overcome mobility challenges.
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#PeaceBegins in many ways, and enjoying good health certainly helps. To assist internally displaced persons in Bor, #SouthSudan, in maintaining theirs, #UNMISS peacekeepers from #SouthKorea have distributed cholera vaccines and water treatment substances to the community, whose access to clean drinking water is often limited.
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To protect women in Malakal #SouthSudan, #UNMISS peacekeepers & national police provided smartphone safety training to prevent digital threats & shared physical self-defense skills. Building confidence, resilience & safety - on and offline! ๐ช โ๏ธ#16Days#NoExcuse for Online Abuse
Parts of the vital supply route Malakal-Renk in Upper Nile, #SouthSudan, are virtually impassable. Even using all-terrain vehicles, an #UNMISS recce patrol undertaken ahead of scheduled road repair work was soon forced to turn around as water levels became dangerously high.
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Following last weekโs outbreak of deadly intercommunal conflict in Baliet County in Upper Nile, ๐ธ๐ธ #SouthSudan, #UNMISS has travelled by boat to the most affected area, where peacekeepers from ๐ท๐ผ #Rwanda provided medical services to wounded and displaced civilians.
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