Press releases

  • 01 Nov 2009 - The United Nations Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) are embarking on the country's largest-ever delivery of voter registration materials in preparation for Sudan's voter registration exercise, scheduled to commence 1 November. In total, 117,880 kilos of materials will be delivered to locations identified by the National Elections Commission (NEC):
  • 01 Nov 2009 - The United Nations Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) are embarking on the country's largest-ever delivery of voter registration materials in preparation for Sudan's voter registration exercise, scheduled to commence 1 November. In total, 117,880 kilos of materials will be delivered to locations identified by the National Elections Commission (NEC):
  • 22 Oct 2009 - UNMIS Holds a Ceremony in Memoriam of the Murdered Brigadier General Moin-Ud-Din Ahmed, Deputy Force Commander
  • 22 Oct 2009 - The United Nations Day is observed worldwide on 24 October annually, through various activities and events. The UN Day commemorates the establishment of the international body to remind of the organisation's commitment to the preservation of world peace and security and helping those who are in need.
  • 13 Sep 2009 - (11 September 2009, Juba) The United Nations Deputy Special Representative of the UN Secretary General and Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Sudan, Ms. Ameerah Haq, has expressed grave concern about the increasing number of deaths due to the escalating attacks by rebels of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) against civilians - mostly women and children - in Southern Sudan's Western and Central Equatoria States.
  • 12 Aug 2009 - The Disarmament, Demobilisation and Reintegration (DDR) programme implemented under the January 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) marked a key milestone today, with the successful completion of Phase One of the demobilisation exercise in Blue Nile State. The last participants from a caseload of 5,674 that was earmarked for demobilisation in the first phase of the DDR programme in Blue Nile State were processed yesterday, 10 August 2009, in Ed Damazin.
  • 31 Jul 2009 - The United Nations Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) congratulates the Government of National Unity and the people of Sudan on the occasion of the fourth anniversary of the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA).
  • 22 Jul 2009 - THE HAGUE, July 22, 2009   In the matter of an arbitration pursuant to the Arbitration Agreement between the Government of Sudan and the Sudan People's Liberation Movement/Army on Delimiting Abyei Area, the Presiding Arbitrator rendered and communicated, on behalf of the Tribunal, its Final Award on July 22 at the Permanent Court of Arbitration, the Peace Palace, The Hague.
  • 20 Jul 2009 - The Secretary-General's report on the Sudan has been released and is to be presented later today to the United Nations Security Council in New York by the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Sudan, Ashraf Qazi.
  • 20 Jul 2009 - PDF version The ongoing DDR operation in Sudan has marked yet another milestone, with the 24 March start up of the Reintegration component of the programme in Ed Damazin, Blue Nile State.

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