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UNHCR starts the process of accession of South Sudan to the 1951 Refugee Convention and its 1967 Protocol: In Juba, UNHCR reinvigorated the process of accession of South Sudan to the 1951 Refugee Convention and its 1967 Protocol. During the roundtable attended by 30 members of the South Sudan Transition National Legislative Assembly (TNLA), the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management Hon Hussein Mar Nyuot urged parliamentarians to accelerate the ratification of this key international document.
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UNHCR trains refugees on good agricultural practice in Upper Nile: In Yusuf Batil, Kaya and Doro refugee camps, UNHCR and partners Relief International (RI) and ACTED facilitated climate-smart nutrition-focused permagardening training for 190 refugees (119 female and 71 male). As a result, five permagardens were established and persons of concern provided with assorted tools comprising hoes, spade and watering can as well as vegetable seeds to enable them establish their gardens. The overall aim of permagardening is to promote year-round vegetable production for nutritionally vulnerable households ensuring increased access to nutrient-dense vegetables for consumption.
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Refugees participate in agricultural Trade Fairs in Upper Nile: In Yusuf Batil and Gendrassa refugee camps, UNHCR and partners RI, ACTED, DRC, SCI, SP and Humanitarian Development Consortium (HDC) facilitated host community and refugee farmers participation in joint agriculture trade fairs. At the event, 151 farmers exhibited agricultural produce including staple crops, assorted vegetables, poultry and handicraft items. The event promoted access to the market as well as increased cash income for both refugee and host communities while creating awareness on agricultural livelihood interventions. Refugee and host community participants raised 135,750 South Sudanese Pounds from sales of agricultural commodities during the events.
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IDPs in Melut express willingness to return to their place of origin: In Melut, UNHCR concluded the Comprehensive Household Survey for IDPs inside the POC and New Palouge Primary School Site to ascertain actual return/relocation intentions and intended places of return of the IDP population residing in these locations. This will facilitate planning and preparation to support the possible relocations or return of the IDPs, with the overall aim of phasing out of the POC. Preliminary reports indicated that in the Melut POC, the majority of families had expressed willingness to return to their place of origin. However, many have expressed concerns about the lack of security on the roads and preferred air transport
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UNHCR distributes sanitary kits to 1,000 women in Lakes: In Mingkaman, UNHCR distributed sanitary kits to 1,000 women and girls of reproduction age as a result of identification done by UNHCR partner Humanitarian Development Consortium (HDC), South Sudan Women Empowerment Network (SSWEN) and UNHCR. Each sanitary kit contained one bucket, one sanitary cloth, two pieces of soap and two pairs of underwear.