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The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) is a United Nations peacekeeping mission for South Sudan, which became independent on 9 July 2011. UNMISS [ 1 ] was established on 8 July 2011 by United Nations Security Council Resolution 1996 (2011).
Operation Trenton was the contribution of the United Kingdom in support of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS). It was one of the largest UK operational deployments at the time, with over 300 military personnel committed to it, based within two UN locations in Malakal and Bentiu.
The resolution called for unimpeded access and full co-operation with UNMISS from all states. It demanded that the Lord's Resistance Army end attacks against civilians in South Sudan, and for an end to the use of child soldiers. South Sudan was urged to increase the participation of women in society and to reform the prison system.
Current Missions Past Missions UN refugee camp in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. IDP camp in Sudan resulting from the Darfur conflict.. This is a list of United Nations peacekeeping missions since the United Nations was founded in 1945, organized by region, with the dates of deployment, the name of the related conflict, and the name of the UN operation.
The mission is continuing to engage intensively at the highest levels to resolve the situation," Priyanka Chowdhury, acting spokesperson for the mission, known as UNMISS, told Reuters.
In 2012, Haysom was appointed by Ban as Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary General for the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) and in 2014 he was appointed as Special Representative of the mission. [7] [8] Succeeding Haile Menkerios, he was appointed as Special Envoy for Sudan and South Sudan in March 2016. [9]
There were around 600 Indians in South Sudan; around 450 in Juba and others elsewhere in the country at the time of the conflict. Two C-17 Globemasters of the Indian Air Force were deployed to evacuate Indians and other foreign nationals. The first flight left Juba on 15 July (South Sudan Time), carrying 143 individuals including ten women and ...
Abyei (disputed by Sudan and South Sudan) Monitor ceasefire in Abyei 2011: Ongoing: UN Mission in the Republic of South Sudan: UNMISS South Sudan: Assist the new state of South Sudan 2012: 2012: UN Support Mission in Syria: UNSMIS Syria: Monitor the ceasefire agreement in the Syrian Civil War. 2017: 2019: UN Mission for Justice Support in Haiti ...