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SOUTH SUDAN / JONGLEI PEACE
STORY: SOUTH SUDAN / JONGLEI PEACE AGREEMENT
TRT: 2.29
SOURCE: UNMISS
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH/ DINKA ARABIC/NATS
DATELINE: 05 MAY 2012, BOR, JONGLEI STATE, SOUTH SUDAN
1. Wide shot, people arriving to signing ceremony of peace accord
2. Med shot, audience at signing of peace accord
3. Med shot, chiefs at table signing document
4. Med shot, Hilde Johnson at signing of peace accord
5. Med shot, chiefs at table signing document
6. Med shot, South Sudan President Salva Kiir looking on
7. Med shot, chiefs and President Salva Kiir congratulating each other
8. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Salva Kiir, President, South Sudan:
“If you community leaders choose the road for peace, I need you to commit yourselves to the peace – so do not be deceived by others.”
9. Med shot, community residents at event
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Hilde Johnson, Special Representative for the Secretary General, South Sudan:
“We need to see peace reach the communities, the grassroots and the cattle camps.Lasting peace can only happen when we have found comprehensive solutions to the challenges of Jonglei.”
11. Wide shot, people at event
12. SOUNDBITE (English) Kuol Mayang Juuk, Governor, Jonglei State:
“The current security state in the State is relatively stable and calm. The vicious violence which was perpetuated by some rebel elements and communities in the state is now scaling down although it has already spoilt the image and discredited our government in the eyes of regional and international observers.”
13. Med shot, people listening
14. SOUNDBITE (English) Mayom Malak, Chief, Greater Bor:
“Even though we have signed this agreement, we have some people in the forest who do not want peace. That is why I say I have some reservations because there is no peace with someone armed and someone unarmed.”
15. Med shot, people at the ceremony
16. Wide shot, dancers
Traditional leaders from six communities have signed an historic agreement to end inter-tribal conflict in Jonglei State.
The weekend signing in Bor town is expected to boost prospects for peace in Jonglei which has been riddled with inter-tribal conflict.
The peace agreement includes seven resolutions and 12 recommendations generated during the five-day “Jonglei State All Community Peace Conference” was held in Bor last week.
The signing was witnessed by South Sudan's President Salva Kiir, Special Representative of the UN Secretary General (SRSG) Hilde F. Johnson, government officials, county commissioners and representatives of international as well as local organizations.
Addressing the gathering, President Kiir said that he would ensure that the agreements are implemented so that peace and development would benefit the community. He also asked that the community be committed to peace.
SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Salva Kiir, President, South Sudan:
“If you community leaders choose the road for peace, I need you to commit yourselves to the peace – so do not be deceived by others.”
SRSG Johnson said UNMISS was ready to help Jonglei people achieve that peace. Urging all communities to adhere to the agreement, she stressed that lasting peace could only occur when comprehensive solutions were found to the state’s challenges, and urged the community to say no to violence, adding that peace followed by dividends of peace was necessary.
SOUNDBITE (English) Hilde Johnson, Special Representative for the Secretary General, South Sudan:
“We need to see peace reach the communities, the grassroots and the cattle camps… lasting peace can only happen when we have found comprehensive solutions to the challenges of Jonglei.”
The SRSG acknowledged that bringing peace to Jonglei would be difficult in the midst of conflict between Sudan and South Sudan.
Jonglei State Governor Kuol Mayang Juuk noted that more than 3,600 people had been killed, 300 wounded and 1,800 children abducted since the beginning of the year.
SOUNDBITE (English): Jonglei State Governor, Kuol Mayang Juuk
“The current security state in the State is relatively stable and calm. The vicious violence which was perpetuated by some rebel elements and communities in the state is now scaling down although it has already spoilt the image and discredited our government in the eyes of regional and international observers.”
One of the chiefs representing a section of the Jonglei community said he was concerned about those who did not want peace.
SOUNDBITE (English) Mayom Malak, Chief, Greater Bor:
“Even though we have signed this agreement, we have some people in the forest who do not want peace that is why I say I have some reservations because there is no peace with someone armed and someone unarmed.”
Archbishop Daniel Deng, chairperson of the Presidential Committee for Peace, Reconciliation and Tolerance in Jonglei State said all state communities were involved in the peace process. The youth, women, elders, chiefs and local government administrators were given an equal chance to talk about their concerns.
The resolutions, to be implemented by traditional leaders and the six Jonglei communities (Murle, Dinka, Nuer, Kachipo, Jie and Anyuak) include combating abductions, holding meetings between cattle camp youth, waiving compensation for those previously killed, tracing, identifying and returning abductees, discussing bride prices and amnesty for stolen cattle.
To be implemented by state and national governments, the conference recommendations were to enforce law and order; set up effective buffer zones, recruit youths into organized forces, arrest and try culprits, protect civilians, enhance security force equipment; conduct aerial surveillance, share resources equitably and create employment.
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