The United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) launched on 19 October an environmental cleaning campaign in Abyei town with the slogan “A clean environment for today and for generations to come”, organized by the UN Police (UNPOL), in collaboration with the Strategic Commun

The Joint Border Verification and Monitoring Mechanism (JBVMM) of the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) undertook a joint reconnaissance between 16 and 22 September 2017.

The United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) held the first Weapons and Ammunition Management (WAM) training in Abyei on 20-24 August 2017 with 19 participants comprising of Ethiopian Light Field Engineers and some UNISFA staff officers.