South Sudan Creates Peace Ministry PDF Print E-mail
galogoThe Global Alliance for Ministries and Departments of Peace is pleased to welcome South Sudan into the growing number of countries who have established a ministry or department of peace.

South Sudan creates Peace Ministry in new cabinet
Reuters Africa
JUBA Sudan, June 21 (Reuters) - South Sudan's president Salva Kiir on Monday named his new cabinet, creating a Ministry of Peace as the oil-producing region ...

The Global Alliance is a civil society organization calling for the establishment of Ministries and Departments of Peace in governments worldwide. It is represented in over 40 member countries. With the addition of South Sudan, there are now four Ministries of Peace. In the Solomon Islands there is a Ministry of Reconciliation, Peace and National Unity; in Nepal a Ministry of Peace and Reconstruction; and in Costa Rica a Ministry of Justice and Peace.

Dr. Saul Arbess, Chair of the Global Alliance Leadership Council, said, “Here again we witness a region that has been wracked by violent conflict, like Nepal and the Solomon Islands before it, create a ministry focused on peace and non-violence. Our hope is that other countries will follow Costa Rica’s example and create such ministers in times of peace.”
 

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