Sunday 11 May 2014
DAVID MATSANGA THANKS FATOU BENSOUDA AND ICC FOR FOR ALL THE PROGRESS MADE IN SOUTH SUDAN PEACE TALK
Finally guns in South Sudan have gone silent as a result of efforts initiated by African leaders in an effort to stop the bloodshed in Africa's youngest nation .David Matsanga the Ugandan National had this to say concerning the process.......... I want to take this opportunity to thank the Government of Kenya and President Uhuru Kenyatta for all the efforts that have led to a ceasefire and direct talks between friends President Salva Kirr and Dr. Riek Machar Teny. The guns have fallen silent and Africa must learn from this crisis that African solutions will make a difference. Some of us who have worked behind the war zones using silent diplomacy will be relieved that it worked so nicely and now the international community will move in to help the people of South Sudan.
Reconciliation and healing are the basis of this political crisis so that South Sudan can move on and deliver development for its people. I am proud to have been associated silently in bringing peace in South Sudan. Those we worked with on this matter are very much . Especially Dr. Riek Machar Teny whom i pestered on a daily basis and talked to on a daily basis about peace. As a Mediator of Uganda Peace Process of which i took part i liked the methods of negotiation that Dr. Riek deployed on us Dr. Ruhakana Rugunda and Dr. David Matsanga to bring peace in Northern Uganda.
I finally want to pay my respect to Ethiopian government , IGAD, AU Deputy Chairperson E. Mwacha, and the entire African Union staff for the role played in ending this crisis. In particular my thanks goes the Kenyan Cabinet Secretary for Foreign Affairs and International Trade Madan Amina Mohamed and her team of Security officials for the efforts and all the tough decisions that kenya made not to take sides in the war. I applaud the entire UN Peacekeepers and all the humanitarian agencies that have worked to relieve pain and suffering of the victims of this war.
Also I want to thank for the first time Fatou Bensouda and ICC for not making matters worse by intervention tactics of issuing threats of arrest and so on like they did in the Libyan crisis where matters became more complex. This is the only credit they have from me so far. This time ICC gave way to dialogue and reconciliation and that is what has lacked in other situations they have intervened in Africa.
Dr. David Matsanga
Conflict Resolution Expert, former Leader and Chief Negotiator in the Uganda Peace Talks in Juba South Sudan 2005-2008
Reconciliation and healing are the basis of this political crisis so that South Sudan can move on and deliver development for its people. I am proud to have been associated silently in bringing peace in South Sudan. Those we worked with on this matter are very much . Especially Dr. Riek Machar Teny whom i pestered on a daily basis and talked to on a daily basis about peace. As a Mediator of Uganda Peace Process of which i took part i liked the methods of negotiation that Dr. Riek deployed on us Dr. Ruhakana Rugunda and Dr. David Matsanga to bring peace in Northern Uganda.
I finally want to pay my respect to Ethiopian government , IGAD, AU Deputy Chairperson E. Mwacha, and the entire African Union staff for the role played in ending this crisis. In particular my thanks goes the Kenyan Cabinet Secretary for Foreign Affairs and International Trade Madan Amina Mohamed and her team of Security officials for the efforts and all the tough decisions that kenya made not to take sides in the war. I applaud the entire UN Peacekeepers and all the humanitarian agencies that have worked to relieve pain and suffering of the victims of this war.
Also I want to thank for the first time Fatou Bensouda and ICC for not making matters worse by intervention tactics of issuing threats of arrest and so on like they did in the Libyan crisis where matters became more complex. This is the only credit they have from me so far. This time ICC gave way to dialogue and reconciliation and that is what has lacked in other situations they have intervened in Africa.
Dr. David Matsanga
Conflict Resolution Expert, former Leader and Chief Negotiator in the Uganda Peace Talks in Juba South Sudan 2005-2008
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