{"id":25379,"date":"2021-10-05T13:49:16","date_gmt":"2021-10-05T17:49:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/?p=25379"},"modified":"2021-11-25T03:28:16","modified_gmt":"2021-11-25T08:28:16","slug":"south-sudan-community-leaders-in-unity-state-pledge-to-promote-a-culture-of-peace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/?p=25379","title":{"rendered":"South Sudan : Community leaders in Unity state pledge to promote a culture of peace"},"content":{"rendered":"
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DISARMAMENT & SECURITY .<\/p>\n

An article from United Nations Mission in South Sudan<\/a><\/p>\n

Some 60 participants from local administration, including women’s representatives, from Guit and Rubkona counties in Unity state attended an UNMISS forum on enhancing peace and stability.<\/p>\n

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\nPhoto by Jacob Ruai\/UNMISS<\/center><\/p>\n

\u201cWe must stop the perennial cycle of revenge killings if we are to live in peace and prosper,\u201d said Jany Nyang, a traditional leader in Budang\u00a0payam\u00a0[administrative division] located within Rubkona county in Unity state.<\/p>\n

\u201cFrequent cattle raids lead to outbreaks of conflict and this, in turn, destroys the fragile fabric of people\u2019s lives. Peace doesn\u2019t just happen; we have to all shoulder our individual responsibility and learn to coexist if we want our children to have a bright future,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n

Mr. Nyang was speaking at a three-day forum hosted by the Civil Affairs Division of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), which brought together local administrators as well as traditional and community leaders from two counties, Guit and Rubkona, to find localized solutions to issues such as cattle rustling, intercommunal conflict and increasing social cohesion.<\/p>\n

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Question for this article:<\/div>\n
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Can peace be achieved in South Sudan?<\/a><\/p>\n

Can a culture of peace be achieved in Africa through local indigenous training and participation?<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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More than 60 participants, including women, participated in these discussions, which also included the important topic of cooperation among politicians from different parties across the state.<\/p>\n

For Mary Nyakun Diew, a women\u2019s representative, inclusion of women and youth in decision-making is key to establishing a sustained peace. \u201cThe participation of women in peacebuilding is of utmost importance. Women constitute 50 per cent of any society and this country\u2019s leadership must make all efforts to include us in peace activities,\u201d she stated.<\/p>\n

Another participant, Nyakun Nyadiew explained that real peace cannot be achieved when every civilian is holding a gun. \u201cIf we want to live in a secure and free society, the government needs to carry out disarmament across the country. The proliferation of arms among civilians is one of the root causes of insecurity in our community,\u201d he averred passionately.<\/p>\n

For his part, Matthew Gatmai, Executive Director, Bentiu Town Council, advised communities to put their differences aside. \u201cWe cannot have a sense of peace if we don\u2019t invest in it ourselves and our investment should take the form of tolerance. We need to forgive past hurts and look towards the future.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to Paul Adejoh, Civil Affairs Officer, UNMISS, discussions like this enable local-level authorities and communities to understand and own ongoing peace processes in the world\u2019s youngest nation.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs Civil Affairs Officers, we constantly engage with community leaders and members across South Sudan and we have come to realize that most conflict stems from a lack of investment in building peace from the ground up,\u201d said Mr. Adejoh. \u201cWhat we try and do is bring people together so that they can have free and frank discussions and realise that all citizens have a role to play in establishing durable peace. Every opinion counts, every individual matters.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

DISARMAMENT & SECURITY . An article from United Nations Mission in South Sudan Some 60 participants from local administration, including women’s representatives, from Guit and Rubkona counties in Unity state attended an UNMISS forum on enhancing peace and stability. Photo by Jacob Ruai\/UNMISS \u201cWe must stop the perennial cycle of revenge killings if we are … Continue reading South Sudan : Community leaders in Unity state pledge to promote a culture of peace<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[92,16],"tags":[9],"class_list":["post-25379","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-africa","category-disarmament","tag-africa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25379","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=25379"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25379\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25379"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=25379"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=25379"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}