Letter dated 14 January 2020 from the Panel of Experts on the Sudan addressed to the President of the Security CouncilThe Panel of Experts on the Sudan has the honour to transmit herewith, in accordance with paragraph 2 of Council resolution 2455 (2019…
The United Nations Mission in South Sudan, together with local authorities in Western Lakes, has begun a series of sessions to avoid conflicts in cattle camps ahead of the notoriously resource-scarce and hence violent dry season, which typically runs t…
Manama: Deputised by His Royal Highness Prime Minister Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa, Southern Governor, His Highness Shaikh Khalifa bin Ali bin Khalifa Al Khalifa, patronised the opening of the expanded late HH Shaikh Mohammed bin Khalifa Al Kh…
Manama: Council of Representatives Speaker Fawzia bint Abdulla Zainal and Minister of Works, Municipalities Affairs and Urban Planning Essam bin Abdulla Khalaf visited the fifth constituency in the Southern Governorate and inspected progress on revampi…
SUMMARY OF FINDINGS 17% of internally displaced persons households in POC1 have at least one person with specific needs. The total households in POC1 is 3,156 HHs/ 7,446 individuals as per the protection profiling exercise conducted in September 2018 5…
SUMMARY OF FINDINGS 12% of internally displaced persons households in POC 3 have at least one person with specific needs. The total households in POC 3 is 10,039 HHs/ 24,598 individuals as per the protection profiling exercise conducted in September 20…
(KHARTOUM, Sudan): The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) today successfully concluded the first National Consultation on the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden. The national consultation was held in Khartoum, Sudan from 13 � 14, January 2020…
It’s been 15 years since armed raiders forced Rawda Yusuf’s family to flee to Chad from their village in Sudan’s North Darfur state.Since then, home has dominated her thoughts but returning has not been easy.Her ordeal began one afternoon during harves…
Following consultations with the Inter Cluster Working Group (ICWG), Humanitarian Country Team (HCT), and all agencies, please find below the daily labor wages of 4.25, 5.6, 7.1 USD converted to SSP as per the UN exchange rate of 159.973 SSP per USD fo…
Manama: Work on the Shaikh Zayed Highway Development Project, which began last August, is progressing according to schedule, Assistant Undersecretary for Roads at the Works, Municipalities Affairs and Urban Planning, Huda Abdulla Fakhro, said. She said…
New York: Kuwait stressed its position of respecting sovereignty and independence of Sudan, renewing commitment to the principle Charter of the UN on the Sovereignty of States.This came during a speech by First Secretary in Kuwait’s permanent mission t…
Dubai: Bahrain Authority for Culture and Antiquities (BACA) President Shaikha Mai bint Mohammed Al-Khalifa has today been presented with a major award during a ceremony held in Dubai, the UAE. The Sultan Bin Ali Al-Owais Foundation had conferred the Cu…
On 18 November 2019, the Coordinator of the Panel of Experts on South Sudan briefed the members of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 2206 (2015) concerning South Sudan in connection with the Panel’s interim report, which…
One year after protests broke out in Sudan leading to the ouster of President Omar al Bashir on 11 April 2019, the new transitional authorities must live up to the hopes and expectations of the Sudanese people, Amnesty International said today….the S…
Manila: A Philippine court on Thursday found key members of a powerful political clan guilty of a 2009 massacre in a southern province that left 57 people, including 32 media workers, dead in a brazen execution-style attack that horrified the world.Jud…
Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed’s remarks (opening and closing), as prepared for delivery, at the opening session of the Aswan Forum for Sustainable Peace and Development: The Africa We Want: Sustaining Peace, Security and De…
A Sudanese court convicted former President Omar al-Bashir on Saturday of corruption and money laundering and sentenced him to two years in a correctional facility. The conviction was the first verdict for Bashir, 75, whom the military deposed in Apri…
Permanent Representative Cites Nationwide Ceasefire, Government’s Peace Talks with Armed Groups as Signs of ProgressThe Chair of the Security Council’s Sudan sanctions committee today described a much-improved security situation in Darfur � and a posit…
Compared to 20 years ago, the world’s poorest are doing far better. But millions of people are still anxious about their present conditions and future prospects; and they’re taking to the streets in Hong Kong, Chile, Haiti and around the world to air t…
Manama: His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, the Crown Prince, Deputy Supreme Commander and First Deputy Prime Minister, today chaired the weekly Cabinet meeting at Gudaibiya Palace. Following the meeting, the Cabinet Secretary-Genera…
Following are UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres’ remarks at the high level pledging conference for the United Nations Central Emergency Response Fund, in New York today:It is always a pleasure to celebrate a success story. The Central Emergency Re…
Reuben Panchol was forced to leave war-torn Sudan decades ago as a child, embarking on an odyssey that eventually brought him to the American Midwest and left him eternally grateful to the country that took him in.”I am an American citizen, a North Dak…
Reuben Panchol was forced to leave war-torn Sudan decades ago as a child, embarking on an odyssey that eventually brought him to the American Midwest and left him eternally grateful to the country that took him in.”I am an American citizen, a North Dak…
Abu Dhabi: Held under the patronage of H.H. Sheikh Mansour Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister of the UAE, Minister of Presidential Affairs and Chairman of Abu Dhabi Agriculture and Food Safety Authority, and Abu Dhabi National Exhibitions Compa…
Following are UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres’ remarks to the high level meeting on peacekeeping performance, in New York today:I thank the United States and our co hosts, India, Portugal, Senegal, Uruguay and Viet Nam, for convening this event, …
This summary presents the main findings from the multi-sectoral location assessment component of the sixth round of Mobility Tracking in South Sudan, complementing the Baseline Assessment Summary Report. Data collection for Mobility Tracking Round 6 to…
This summary presents the main findings from the multi-sectoral location assessment component of the sixth round of Mobility Tracking in South Sudan, complementing the Baseline Assessment Summary Report. Data collection for Mobility Tracking Round 6 to…
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) Regional Office for the Middle East and North Africa and the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) today launched the 2019 edition of the Situation Report on Internatio…
This summary presents the main findings from the multi-sectoral location assessment component of the sixth round of Mobility Tracking in South Sudan, complementing the Baseline Assessment Summary Report. Data collection for Mobility Tracking Round 6 to…
This summary presents the main findings from the multi-sectoral location assessment component of the sixth round of Mobility Tracking in South Sudan, complementing the Baseline Assessment Summary Report. Data collection for Mobility Tracking Round 6 to…
