The spokesperson for UN Secretary-General António Guterres, Stephane Dujarric, during a briefing on Monday, said the UN Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) and other UN and non-UN partners over the weekend facilitated a post-migration conference between the Ngok Dinka and Misseriya communities in Abyei.
He said the four-day conference aimed to boost peaceful coexistence between the two communities.
“The peacekeeping mission in Abyei reports that over the weekend, the Ngok Dinka and Misseriya communities signed an agreement at a post-migration conference in central Abyei to foster peaceful farming and grazing and improve inter-communal relations,” Dujarric said. “The gathering was a follow-up to the successful pre-migration conference held in Noong, which is located to the west of Abyei, in December of last year, and follows a welcome decline in clashes between the Ngok Dinka and Misseriya communities during the migration season.”
“More than 140 community leaders and members from both communities, including 41 women, attended the four-day conference facilitated by the UN Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) and other UN and non-UN partners,” he added.