The 1st Division, (South Sudan) of the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) (alternatively known as Division I) was and is a division of the SPLA, now being renamed as the South Sudan People's Defence Forces. It was established in 2006, and has had its headquarters in Renk, Upper Nile State. The UN Panel of Experts on South Sudan named it in January 2016 as one of the GOSS's most effective fighting forces (S/2016/70).