MAKING PEACE WITH THE LORDS RESISTENCE ARMY BY JULIE BITEK

Date: Tue, 4 Dec 2007 08:07:07 -0800 (PST)
From: AlfredO ojelel
To: UCABC
Subject: Fwd: Making Peace with the Lord's Resistance Army: Insiders' Reflections - December 7th, PLEASE RSVP!
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Hello Everyone,

Please distribute widely and, if you could, plan to attend.

Alfred

juliane okot bitek wrote:
From: juliane okot bitek
To: , AlfredO Subject: FW: Making Peace with the Lord's Resistance Army: Insiders'
Reflections - December 7th, PLEASE RSVP!
Date: Tue, 4 Dec 2007 01:34:58 +0000

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Julie.


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> Subject: Making Peace with the Lord's Resistance Army: Insiders'
> Reflections - December 7th, PLEASE RSVP!
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> The Justice and Reconciliation Project, Liu Institute for Global Issues invites you to:
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> Making Peace with the Lord's Resistance Army: Insiders' Reflections
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> Location: Liu Institute, Boardroom
> Date: Friday December 7, 2007
> Time: 12:30-2:00
> Please RSVP to letha.victor@ubc.ca
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> This seminar will feature the reflections of two 'insiders' to the current peace process between the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) and Government of Uganda and an academic who has worked with former LRA combatants for three years. In their candid reflections of attempting to bring home LRA peacefully they will discuss some of the challenges and opportunities of local vs. global institutions in negotiating peace and justice. We ask the audience to help us work through key research questions that pertain to this experience and help make sense of these complicated processes.
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> His Highness David Onen Acana II is the paramount chief of the Acholi people, the cultural group most affected by the conflict and that compose the majority of the LRA leadership, including all of the indicted. He has had to navigate highly politicized waters to play a neutral role, unite his own people and neighbouring cultural groups and to gain the respect of both the Government of Uganda and the LRA. Chief Acana is the head of the observer team of traditional and religious leaders to the peace talks and has traveled three times to meet the rebel leadership. The curent talks culminate what has been nearly 15 years of attempts by traditional and religious leaders to cull the LRA to come home peacefully.
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> Mr. Michael Otim is the project coordinator of the Gulu District NGO Forum and Justice and Reconciliation Project. The former represents 60 NGOs in Gulu District which have actively lobbied the Government and Army to respect human rights in northern Uganda, and to implement the Amnesty Act, designed to bring rebels home. As project coordinator of the JRP, Mr. Otim has played a pivotal role in negotiating for community and national-based justice mechanisms that would hold parties responsible. He is the secretary to the observer team and has twice met the LRA high command. He has been present throughout the talks in Juba.
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> Dr. Erin Baines is the research director of the JRP. Her team has worked with hundreds of former LRA, particularly youth and girls to study how reintegration and social justice is being facilitated. In August 2006, she joined the observer team for a trip to meet the high command. Re: Making Peace With Lords Resistence Army. Ugandan Community Weblogs Fwd. it as requested. the article written by Juliane d/o Okot Bitek in Vancouver, Western Canada. our web link are linked to many Ugandans Communities back home, as well around the globe. also linked International organisation like united nations, eu, au, middle east ETC. reaches billions of people. including the state house, presidents office m7s office in uganda. also the lords resistence army do read it. Bravo. keep it up Julie. now your voice are hard worldwide.
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