South Sudan Current Affairs, GK & News
20th June: World Refugee Day
To honor refugees across the globe, the United Nations designated 20th June to be observed as World Refugee Day in its Resolution 55/76 on 4th December 2000. The first World Refugee Day was observed on 20th June 2001. The theme of 2020 World Refugee Day: Every Action Counts This year’s theme is to remind the ..
Month: Current Affairs - June, 2020
Category: Important Days & Events Current Affairs
Topics: Afghanistan • Earthquake • Myanmar • South Sudan • Syria • Tsunami • UNHRC • United Nations • Venezuela • World Refugee Day
United Nations Military Gender Advocate of the year award to India’s major Suman Gawani
On the eve of International Day of UN Peacekeepers that is being marked on May 29, Indian major Suman Gawani and Brazilian Naval Officer Carla Monteiro de Castro Araujo are to be presented with the United Nations Military Gender Advocate of the year 2019 award. Highlights For the first time, the award is being shared ..
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2020
Category: International Current Affairs
Topics: International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers • South Sudan • UN Peacekeeping • UN Peacekeeping Operations • UN’s Highest Peacekeeping Award • United Nations Mission in Sudan (UNMISS).
India South Sudan relations
India recognized South Sudan in the year 2011 immediately after South Sudan became independent. South Sudan maintains an embassy in New Delhi and India at Juba. South Sudan was under the British – Egyptian rule from 1899 to 1955. It became independent and agreed to remain under the Government of Sudan in 2005 by signing ..
Topics: Africa • Comprehensive Peace Agreement • Continents • Countries • Federal republics • Least developed countries • Member states of the African Union • Member states of the United Nations • Second Sudanese Civil War • South Sudan • Sudan
Fact in Focus : Darfur, Sudan
The United States Security Council has approved a resolution that will halt the withdrawn of the combined United Nations-African Union peacekeeping force in the politically unstable Darfur region in Sudan. Facts to remember about Sudan Sudan is an African Country located in the North-East of Africa. It is bordered by Egypt to the North and ..
Topics: Peacekeeping • South Sudan • Sudan • United Nations Security Council
Global Peace Index 2019
Global Peace Index 2019 by the Australian think tank Institute for Economics & Peace ranks countries on their level of peacefulness based on three thematic domains: Level of societal safety and security. Extent of ongoing domestic and international conflict. Degree of militarisation. Findings of the Index Iceland remains the most peaceful country in the world ..
Topics: Austria • Bangladesh • Bhutan • China • Denmark • Global Peace Index • Global Peace Index 2019 • Iceland • Indonesia • Iraq • Japan • militarisation • Myanmar • Nepal • New Zealand • Pakistan • Philippines • Portugal • Saudi Arabia • societal safety • societal security • South Asia • South Sudan • Sri lanka • Syria • US • Vietnam • Yemen