The Catholic and Anglican Bishops of South Sudan are asking the International community for a “more balanced “position on the conflict that is setting their country against Sudan.
“We believe that it is important that our friends in the International community assume a more balanced position.
The attitude of United Nations and of the greater powers towards the recent tension between Juba and Khartoum on the control of the boundary areas, rich in crude oil, of Heglig and Abye has disappointed the local population.
The Bishops write, “It looks as if the people of South Sudan are losing confidence in the International community. We have seen public demonstrations against the United Nations and its Secretary General, Ban Ki Moon. We are beginning to ask ourselves, at the same time, if the International community still understands the yearnings of the people of South Sudan in the same way as the marginalized communities of Sudan”.
They said that the UN had pressed the government of South Sudan to back away from a border conflict, without applying equal pressure to the Khartoum regime in the north. After the troops of South Sudan retreated from the border area, the bishops said, planes from Khartoum continued bombing missions against civilian populations in the disputed region.
The Bishops conclude that they, “have a dream of two democratic and free nations where all religions, all ethnic groups, all cultures and languages enjoy the same rights based on citizenship. We dream of two nations in peace one with each another and in cooperation in order to make the best use of their God given resources. We dream of a people no longer traumatized, of children that can go to school, mothers who can be treated in hospital, the end of malnutrition and poverty and Christians and Muslims who can go to Church and Mosque without fear. Too much is too much. There must be no more war between Sudan and South Sudan!”.
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