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South Sudan

Progress Report on the South Sudan Global Refugee Forum Pledges, December 2025

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The Republic of South Sudan has made significant strides in implementing its commitments under the Global Compact on Refugees (GCR) made at the Global Refugee Forum (GRF) in 2019 and 2023 respectively. The pledges made in six thematic areas outline key outputs and actions to be taken by South Sudan over the course of four years to promote the inclusion of refugees and other displaced persons in national systems and programs. The thematic areas include Solutions and Peacebuilding, Education, Jobs and Livelihoods, Climate and Environment, Statelessness and the Protection Capacity.

This progress report, compiled by the South Sudan GRF Working Group and validated by the National Technical Committee on Durable Solutions (NTC-DS), outlines achievements, challenges, and opportunities across these six thematic pledges, with key outputs achieved successfully and others ongoing. The critical achievements including the completed outputs, are below with some critical challenges as well as opportunities indicated.