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| Fast Facts: |
| • Project
Document |
| Location: |
Southern
Sudan |
| Duration: |
2007-2011 |
| Focus
area: |
Crisis
Prevention and Recovery |
| Donors: |
The
Netherlands Embassy |
| Total
budget: |
Proposed-US$
6 million |
| Partners: |
Pact
Sudan, Saferworld, BICC, Small
Arms Survey, RECSA |
| Delivery
for 2007:
|
US$
278,000 |
| Contact
person in UNDP: |
David
Lochhead
Field Programme Manager
david.lochhead@undp.org |
|
Background
The signing of the Comprehensive Peace
Agreement (CPA) in 2005 marked a critical
juncture for Sudan. It represented an
opportunity for the people of Southern
Sudan in particular, as the area most
affected by Africa’s longest civil
war, to finally experience peace and
development. Since 1983 there have been
an estimated 2 million deaths attributable
to the 22 years of conflict, 4 million
internally displaced people, and more
recently 2 million IDPs caused by the
situation in Darfur, and almost 1 million
refugees in neighbouring countries.
The prolonged conflict has left Southern
Sudan with development conditions among
the lowest in the world, as measured
by almost any indicator. The Joint Assessment
Mission (JAM) has provided a comprehensive
review of the situation in Sudan, including
separate data for Southern Sudan, in
many cases. This includes an overview
of the conflict, status of the Millennium
Development Goals
(MDGs), capacity and the political-socio-economic
situation generally.
The JAM recognized that “easy
access to weapons and the proliferation
of small arms have contributed to
increasingly violent and entrenched
clashes” and committed the new
national authorities, among other
objectives and actions, to “exerting
maximum efforts to create and spread
a culture of peace that creates stability
and effectively minimizes the possibility
of future conflicts”. The findings
of the JAM highlighted that “demilitarization
of areas of return is a necessary
precondition, as is the training of
civil authorities in the promotion
and protection of human rights for
all. Recovery programmes can address
the proliferation of small arms and
light weapons by encouraging community
involvement.”
The Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA)
calls for the Demobilization, Disarmament
and Reintegration (DDR) of former combatants
and special groups, and the promotion
of community security and arms control.
The objective of the DDR process as
a whole is to contribute to creating
an enabling environment for human security,
and to support post-peace-agreement
social stabilization across the Sudan,
particularly in war affected areas.
The Community Security and Arms Control
in Southern Sudan project is the arms
control component of the DDR. It is
designed to limit the negative effects
of small arms and light weapons proliferation
and misuse on the health, safety, rights
and lives of the Sudanese and on the
development of Sudanese communities,
families and individuals.”
Objectives
The project’s objective is to
build confidence, stability and security
for communities in Southern Sudan as
a key contribution towards more responsive
governance, strengthened rule of law
and improved recovery/development planning
with the CPA.
outputs:
• Improved and secure environment
at community level in Southern Sudan
• Improved ability of Police,
Security Forces and other Rule of Law
institutions to maintain security and
protect civilians
Snapshots of the project's major achievements
• Assisted the local governments
of Akobo and Pibor counties in Jonglei
State to engage in a dialogue with their
communities and various national and
international actors in collecting c.
2,500 small arms and light weapons (SALW)
peacefully from their civilian populations.
This provided an atmosphere of improved
security and demonstrated the potential
for non-coercive approaches to disarmament.
• Community Security and Arms
Control project document for Community
Security and Arms Control Project was
endorsed by the Local Project Appraisal
Committee and presented to the Government
of Southern Sudan. |
