Closure of UNMIS

UNMIS wound up its operations on 9 July 2011 with the completion of the interim period agreed on by the Government of Sudan and Sudan People’s Liberation Movement in the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA), signed on 9 January 2005.

The mission ended its six years of mandated operations the same day South Sudan declared independence, following a CPA-provided referendum on 9 January 2011 that voted overwhelmingly in favour of secession.

In support of the new nation, the Security Council established a successor mission to UNMIS – the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) – on 9 July for an initial period of one year, with the intention to renew for further periods as required.

Formed Police Unit graduates in Wau

20 Jul 2009

Formed Police Unit graduates in Wau

To strengthen the security apparatus in Wau and its environs, UN Police spent about two months training a Formed Police Unit, which graduated in a ceremony on 22 May.

Noting that the training was the first of its kind in the region, Deputy Training Director of Western Bahr El Ghazal State Lt. Col. Andreow Cibok advised his assembled officers to apply the knowledge and experience they had acquired in practice.

"This kind of training is very significant to our officers because it enables them to apply a new approach to any security concerns in the area," the Lt. Col. Said.

Maj. Alemu Geneti, UN Police Wau Training Coordinator, said the Formed Police Unit of 29 local officers, including 10 women, had been trained in VIP Security, Special Weapons and Tactics ( SWAT), and Riot Control.

UN Police in Wau have conducted more than 37 training courses for local police since 1 April this year, Maj. Geneti said. Courses offered focused on human rights, gender and child protection, community policing, criminal investigation, airport security, first level supervision and senior management.