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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).
The Southern Sudan Peace Commission (SSPC) was established in 2006. The purpose of the Peace Commission is promote peace among the people of South Sudan and to help consolidate the results of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) signed in January 2005 between the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) and the Government of Sudan .
The mandate of UNMIS, as set out in Resolution 1590 (2005), was extended until July 9, 2011 (the day South Sudan would become independent). [2] The Council announced its intention to establish a successor mission, and requested the Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to consult with parties to the Comprehensive Peace Agreement on the matter and report by May 16, 2011.
It was formed in July 2011 following South Sudan's independence, and Pagan Amum Okech was sworn in on July 23 as the department's first minister. [1] The mandate of the Ministry is to promote peace, healing, reconciliation, unity and dialogue amongst institutions and the people of Southern Sudan. [2]
The United Nations created the United Nations Mission in South Sudan to support the South Sudanese peace process in 2011. In 2011, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon asked the government of the Republic of Korea to deploy a unit of the South Korean Army as part of the United Nation's peacekeeping mission in South Sudan. [2]
A 2021 study in the American Journal of Political Science found that UN peacekeeping in South Sudan had a positive effect on the local economy. [64] According to a 2011 study, UN peacekeeping missions were most likely to be successful if they had assistance and consent from domestic actors in the host state. [65]
Financing of the United Nations Mission in Liberia; Financing of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali; Financing of the United Nations peacekeeping forces in the Middle East; Financing of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan; Financing of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara
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.