Northern Bahr el Ghazal sets to hold peace conference with South Darfur
By Ngor Arol Garang
January 21, 2010 (KHARTOUM) — Authorities from southern State of Northern Bahr el Ghazal have today confirmed readiness to hold peace and reconciliation conference with South Darfur scheduled for Friday 22 January.
“All Preparations for the event are completed, this is why we have received delegates from South Darfur so conference will be held tomorrow as planned,” Awan said. He also added that he and South Darfur governor Ali Mahmoud had agreed on this date earlier this month.
“In our last meeting, we, as representatives of the Government of South Darfur and North Bahr el Ghazal State agreed that a conference to be held between the communities as best alternative to forging better dialogue.”
The governor said they intend to reassure the South Darfur pastoralist nomads they can move freely to share share grazing and water resources peacefully based on their long history of coexistence.
Governor Malong further added that they have agreed to hold the conference because it will help bring together leaders from two communities hence making it Better Avenue to promote dialogue and better understanding.
He also acknowledged peaceful coexistence between the two communities arguing that they neither have worrying issues nor bigger misunderstandings.
“If any, they are natural occurrences which happen when people live together,” he said adding that the conference will discuss the movement of livestock during seasonal migration.
The governor further disclosed that his counterpart, the South Darfur Governor, will not attend, because the principle of the conference is just work out detail of negotiation modalities and other simple issues surrounding how to resolve cattle misunderstandings during the migration. We have discussed most of the issues in our previous gubernatorial meetings, he said.
Ateny Wek Ateny, a one of the three community experts said will present a document on water, grazing corridors, sharing, management and protection of forest.
He also said a conference will be participatory conference because most of the participants will be chiefs and local people from both sides. We shall only be guiding them on how best they can understand topics they will discus, he said.
According to him, he said the three experts include Aldo Ajou Deng Akuei, Kuel Aguer and himself from Dinka Malual side while other three experts from Rezeigat will have to be identified by south Darfur governor.
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Northern Bahr el Ghazal sets to hold peace conference with South Darfur
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Gabriel Green
Northern Bahr el Ghazal sets to hold peace conference with South Darfur
It is good work,well done
Mr Governor Paul Malong , you are very wise and clever to bring your neighboring communities in to good relationship.
The other states who are fighting their neighbors, instead of solve their problems through dailogue, should take example from you not to allow animals controll thier mind and should not behave like animals, they should have understand themselves.
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Akot Deng
Northern Bahr el Ghazal sets to hold peace conference with South Darfur
It is very interesting to say but difficult to implement the so called peace conference between Dinka Malual and Reziegat tribe, lucky enough our governor is a hard working leader who is so much committed to peace and security, therefore we the people of Aweil we are willing to see the peace prevail in our state.