The Centre for Peace and Justice (CPJ), a human rights entity in South Sudan, has urged the United Nations General Assembly not to recognize President Kiir’s national dialogue as a forum to bring about peace in the country.
David Shearer, the head of UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), told reports last week that the UN meeting would assess the current humanitarian situation and try to find a political settlement in South Sudan.
CPJ's Coordinator Tito Anthony said in a statement extended to Radio Tamazuj today that the national dialogue will never achieve peace, saying the initiative was meant to blackmail armed opposition groups.
"The UN General Assembly should not look at the National Dialogue as a tool for peace because it is a one-side dialogue which favours the government and its allied parties, leaving out the armed opposition groups that are fighting the regime,” said Tito.
"The only way to achieve peace is through recommitment to the signed peace agreement and to incorporate other armed parties which were not parties to it,” he added.
The rights defender urged the international community to recognize the revitalization process as a forum to achieve peace and stability in the country. “The National Dialogue could be used later if the parties are back to implement the peace deal,” he said.