UNMIS
United Nations Mission in Sudan

Closure of UNMIS

The United Nation Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) concluded its mandate on 9 July 2011, coinciding with South Sudan’s independence, transitioning to the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) to support the new nation’s stability and development.

UNMIS News

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24 November 2010 - The Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) delegation to the recently concluded east African leaders meeting in Addis Ababa returned to Juba today with a message to fully implement the country's peace accord…
24 September 2010 – UNMIS Malakal security section is hosting a delegation of eight diplomatic security focal points, which is visiting Southern Sudan to assess the political situation at state and county levels. "The…
24 November - The Southern Sudan Relief and Rehabilitation Commission had reported 18,213 state-organized returns to Unity State, with buses continuing to arrive, a top UNMIS official said today in Khartoum. Speaking at a…
22 November - Voter registration for the upcoming referendum on the status of Southern Sudan was encouraging, but low turnout in the north must be addressed, the UN Secretary-General's monitoring panel said today as it…
19 November 2010 – A one-day forum on the state of human rights in Southern Sudan found that little or no progress had been achieved in combating some longstanding human rights violations in the region. Organized by the…
18 November – Whatever the result of the referendum in Southern Sudan, it has to result in a better future for the region, UNMIS Special Representative of the Secretary General (SRSG) Haile Menkerios said today in Malakal…
18 November -- The UN panel monitoring Southern Sudan's referendum would be satisfied with the process if it was carried out peacefully, freely and without intimidation, one of its members said in Wau today. During a meeting…
17 November 2010 – Oil-rich Unity State is one of four southern states expecting to absorb the bulk of internally displaced Southern Sudanese heading home ahead of the January 2011 referendum. Nearly 8,000 returnees had…
16 November 2010 – The atmosphere prevailing throughout Sudan's 10 southern states on the first day of voter registration for the region's January 2011 referendum was"orderly and peaceful", according to a top southern…
15 November 2010 – Marko Bol thought he would never see the day when his fellow Southern Sudanese would register to vote in a referendum to determine their own future as a people and, conceivably, as a country. "I was born…
14 November, 2010 – Although the process had been delayed and voter information needed wider dissemination, referendum registration would begin tomorrow in North and Southern Sudan, the Southern Sudan Referendum Commission…
13 November 2010 – A ceremony hosted by the Upper Nile State Referendum High Committee set the stage today for the beginning of voter registration on 15 November for the long-awaited Southern Sudan referendum. "Voter…