Joint statement by Reena Ghelani, UN Famine Prevention and Response Coordinator, and Marie Helene Verney, Acting Humanitarian Coordinator (Juba, 11 December 2023) The world needs to pay attention to...
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Joint statement by Reena Ghelani, UN Famine Prevention and Response Coordinator, and Marie Helene Verney, Acting Humanitarian Coordinator (Juba, 11 December 2023) The world needs to pay attention to...
Women and children in South Sudan are experiencing a protection crisis. Prolonged conflict, insecurity and climate change profoundly affect vulnerable people, and high levels of gender-based violence...
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(Juba, 28 November 2023) The humanitarian community in South Sudan today released the 2024 Humanitarian Needs and Response Plan (HNRP). In launching of the 2024 HNRP, the Acting Humanitarian...
(Juba, 10 November 2023) I condemn in strongest terms the latest attack targeting humanitarians on 6 November, when a South Sudanese national aid worker contracted by an international nongovernmental...
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Hundreds of thousands of vulnerable people fleeing the Sudan conflict in need of humanitarian assistance at South Sudan’s borders (Juba, 16 October 2023) Six months since the outbreak of the conflict...
(Juba, 6 September 2023) Dwindling resources amidst growing needs have forced humanitarian agencies to prioritize the delivery of vital life-saving support which risks leaving millions behind, the...
(Juba, 17 August 2023) With 40 attacks on aid workers so far this year, South Sudan has recorded the highest number of attacks against aid workers, according to the 2023 Aid Worker Security Report...
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(Juba, 26 July 2023) The humanitarian community in South Sudan is calling for urgent funding to ensure continued support for onward transportation for people fleeing the Sudan conflict to South...
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Over 150,000 people affected by the conflict in Sudan will receive humanitarian support (Juba, 06 July 2023) The Humanitarian Coordinator ad interim (a.i.) for South Sudan, Mr. Peter Van der...
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Nepal, Niger and South Sudan are all vulnerable to the effects of climate change. Nepal’s annual monsoon is becoming more and more erratic; last year’s floods in South Sudan reached levels not seen...
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South Sudan Since the outbreak of fighting in Sudan on April 15, more than 115,000 individuals have crossed the border from Sudan into South Sudan. The majority of those crossing the border are South...
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The escalating violence against humanitarians and looting of humanitarian supplies leaves countless people without access to life-saving support (Juba, 24 May 2023) The Humanitarian Coordinator ad...
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(Juba, 4 May 2023) Today, Mr. Peter Van der Auweraert, the Humanitarian Coordinator ad interim (a.i.), Ms. MarieHelene Verney, the Country Representative of the United Nations High Commissioner for...
(Juba, 2 May 2023) The Humanitarian Coordinator ad interim in South Sudan and the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Risk Management led a senior humanitarian country team and...
(Juba, 20 March 2023) The Humanitarian Community in South Sudan strongly condemns a targeted attack on humanitarian assets and staff in Jonglei State in which two people were killed and others...
Mr. President, Thank you for the opportunity to brief the Council on the humanitarian situation in South Sudan. Since we briefed the Council in June last year, the humanitarian situation has...
(Juba, 23 January 2023) The Humanitarian Coordinator ad interim in South Sudan, Mr. Peter Van der Auweraert, has condemned in strongest terms the attack on humanitarian workers and assets in Pibor,...
(Juba, 11 January 2023) The Humanitarian Coordinator ad interim in South Sudan, Mr. Peter van der Auweraert, has strongly condemned the killing of three aid workers in Rumameer village, Abyei...
The humanitarian community calls for immediate cessation of hostilities (Juba, 29 December 2022) An estimated 30,000 people have been reportedly displaced following recent violent clashes by armed...
Over 260,000 people most affected by compounding shocks will receive humanitarian support (Juba, 22 December 2022) The United Nations Humanitarian Chief Martin Griffiths released US$14 million from...