New UNMISS Coordinator Pledges To Support Peace Efforts
The New United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) Eastern Equatoria State Coordinator has pledged that the mission will continuously offer support to the state government. 13 February 2013 Eastern Equatoria State UNMISS Coordinator Ms. Hiroko Mosko says that working together remains a priority for realizing peace and stability as well as unity among the communities in the state. [Peter Lokale Nakimangole] By Peter Lokale Nakimangole TORIT, 13 February 2013 [Gurtong] – Ms. Hiroko Mosko says that working together remains a priority for realizing peace and stability as well as unity among the communities in the state. Mosko has just taken up office from the previous coordinator Winne Babahuga and together with her colleague Amee Ndayisenga, the Human right official in the office of Human Right in Torit, they met the state governor to share updates and progress on during the weekly routine meeting. Mosko says UNMISS will continue acclimatizing initiatives in line with local leaders and contingent on the people’s needs despite the numerous developmental challenges being faced in the state. She strongly believes closer collaboration with development actors will guarantee more development efforts with tangible results being realized. She says she prefer interactive approaches to working with people through the state government saying the role of UNMISS is only to facilitate the peace and stability process in the state but not fully to get actively engaged in. Mosko advises the government to work in collaboration with members of civil society organizations including the media because in presence of the media, the world will know what happens in the state. She also condemns holding several workshops which sometimes do not bring solid upshots but she prefers action oriented strategies. She said that dialogue between parties involved in any kind of conflicts in the state is important to realize permanent and workable solutions. “Our mandate as UNMISS tasks us to continue maximizing efforts to support the government to consolidate peace, build stability, help them to protect the vulnerable majority in remote areas like conflicting communities to come to the negotiating table,” she said. Posted in: Home, Governance, Foreign Aid/Assistance -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "South Sudan Info - The Kob" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
