{"id":44148,"date":"2026-04-24T17:27:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T15:27:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/?p=44148"},"modified":"2026-04-24T18:31:41","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T16:31:41","slug":"govt-assures-unmiss-of-progress-on-peace-and-2026-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/24\/govt-assures-unmiss-of-progress-on-peace-and-2026-elections\/","title":{"rendered":"Gov\u2019t assures UNMISS of progress on peace and 2026 elections"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>By Chol D. Johnson<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The government has reaffirmed its commitment to peace and stability as the country prepares for the December elections.<\/p>\n<p>The assurance was made yesterday during a meeting between a government spokesperson and officials from the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS).<\/p>\n<p>According to a statement extended to the media, \u00a0Ateny Wek Ateny, Minister of Information, Communication Technology and Postal Services, assured UNMISS representatives of the government\u2019s ongoing efforts to promote peace and security across the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn a statement to the media, Hon. Ateny reassured the senior UNMISS official of government efforts towards peace and security,\u201d the statement noted.<\/p>\n<p>He also emphasised the government\u2019s readiness for the upcoming elections scheduled for December 2026.<\/p>\n<p>The remarks were made during a visit by Graham Maitland, Deputy Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General in South Sudan, to the Ministry\u2019s offices in Juba.<\/p>\n<p>During the meeting, both officials discussed key issues, including cooperation between the Government of South Sudan and UNMISS, as well as matters related to peace, development, and national security.<\/p>\n<p>Maitland, in turn, reaffirmed UNMISS\u2019s commitment to working closely with the government in support of peacebuilding efforts in the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Chol D. Johnson The government has reaffirmed its commitment to peace and stability as the country prepares for the December elections. The assurance was made yesterday during a meeting between a government spokesperson and officials from the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS). According to a statement extended<a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/24\/govt-assures-unmiss-of-progress-on-peace-and-2026-elections\/\">[Read More&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":44149,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[80,79],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44148","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/The-MoICT-Ateny-Wek-M-UNMISS-Senior-Official-Graham-Maitland-\u2013-L-and-Undersecretary-at-MoICT-Arok-Dut-L-Photo-MoICT-PU.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44148","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44148"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44148\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44173,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44148\/revisions\/44173"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44149"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44148"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44148"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}