Salva Kiir appoints South Sudan relief commission officials
July 4, 2006 (JUBA) — The Sudanese First Vice President, President of southern Sudan government Lt Gen. Salva Kiir Mayardit appointed three leading officials of the important southern Sudan relief and rehabilitation body.
On 27 June, Salva Kiir issued a decree appointing Simon Kun Puoch as Chairperson, Reverend William Chan Achuil as Deputy Chairperson and Elijah Alier Ayom as Executive Director of the Southern Sudan Relief and Rehabilitation Commission (SSRRC).
The decree indicates that the functions of the SSRRC include repatriation, relief, resettlement, rehabilitation, reintegration of returnees and internally displaced persons and facilitation of reconstruction of the conflict affected areas in Southern Sudan.
SSRRC leadership shall collaborate with the ministry of Legal affairs and Constitutional Development and the ministry of Labour, Public Service and Human Resources Development in the finalization of its Draft Act and determination of conditions and terms service and regulations that shall govern by the work of the Commission.
Puoch who is a close friend of Southern Sudan Vice President Riek Machar, rejoined the SPLM in 2003 after the declaration of unity of Sudan People’s Democratic Front (SPDF) with the SPLM.
He participated in the merger between Sudan Relief and Rehabilitation Association (SRRA) and Relief Association for Southern Sudan (RASS) to form SRRC. The two were formerly relief wings of SPLM/A and SPDF respectively.
The name of Puoch appears also as one of GOSS Nile Petroleum Corporation Limited directors.
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