The Sudan Council of Churches, a MCC partner in Sudan, recently participated an Sudan Ecumenical Forum. The
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meeting resulted in a statement detailing challenges facing the region and steps for moving forward. Here is an excerpt:
We as churches of the Sudan together with our worldwide partners are committed to the promotion of peace, dialogue and development and are stepping up our efforts to engage with our governments in the North and South.
We will concentrate our efforts on promoting and conducting dialogue and conflict resolution on all levels of society, from the grassroots to the leadership.
We will not keep silent as we witness severe human rights abuses including first signs of potential ethnic cleansing, where ever and by who ever they are committed.
We will spare no effort to rescue the CPA from collapsing, in order to avoid the worst case scenario of potential new war(s) in Sudan that would have devastating effects in the whole Region.
But to do this in the most effective way possible, we appeal especially to all witnesses and guarantors to the CPA, namely IGAD, the AU, the EU, the UN and individual States for urgent concerted and coherent diplomatic action and support of these efforts in solidarity with the people of the Sudan.
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