State Authorities Receives 10 Vehicles for Peace Initiatives The Ministry of Peace and Comprehensive Peace Agreement implementation, CPA, yesterday handed over ten vehicles to the Peace Coordination offices of the ten States of South Sudan. 23 March 2011 - Mainye State Authorities Receives 10 Vehicles for Peace Initiatives Hon. Mathew Mathiang overseeing the handover process [©Gurtong]
By Waakhe Simon Wudu Juba, 22nd March 2011 [Gurtong] - The Ministry of Peace and Comprehensive Peace Agreement implementation, CPA, yesterday handed over ten vehicles to the Peace Coordination offices of the ten States of South Sudan. Rev. Mathew Mathiang, a Member of South Sudan Legislative Assembly, SSLA, and Chairperson of the Specialized Committee for Peace and Reconciliation in parliament handed over the cars to the State Representatives. Mathiang said that the cars were meant to facilitate activities of the Ministry and the Coordination offices at the States. He said that the Ministry would want to create a good ground for peace amidst the remaining months of the Interim period for the virtual independent nation to be recognized by July 2011. “We need to work hard for stability,” Hon. Mathiang said. The GOSS Ministry of Peace and CPA implementation is represented by a Coordination Branch in the various States of the virtual independent nation. In an exclusive interview, the Undersecretary of the Ministry Hon. Beatrice Khamisa said that, the donation of the ten land crushers to the State office coordinators is a way forward to intensify the activities of the Ministry in advocating for peace. “This is to intensify our peace work at the State level, Counties and down to the Bomas,” Beatrice said. She said that the current situation in Southern Sudan is alarming in terms of peace initiatives are key. “When we look at the situation in Southern Sudan there are several areas that need peace dialogue,” she said pointing out that, “we cannot do that if we are logistically weak.” Beatrice underrated the inadequacy of peace mechanisms to create dialogue among several communities in South Sudan who especially are not in peace due to cattle rustling and land encroachment that fuel conflicts. Posted in: Home -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "JFD info" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/jfdinfo?hl=en.
