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09GENEVA528
2009-06-26 11:15:00
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Mission Geneva
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SUBJECT: SUDANESE CHURCH LEADERS URGE INTENSIFIED

Tags:  PHUM AORC UNHRC US SU NGO 
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UNCLAS GENEVA 000528 

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E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PHUM AORC UNHRC US SU NGO
SUBJECT: SUBJECT: SUDANESE CHURCH LEADERS URGE INTENSIFIED
SUPPORT OF CPA

UNCLAS GENEVA 000528

SENSITIVE
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DEPT FOR IO/RHS, DRL/MLGA, L/HRR

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PHUM AORC UNHRC US SU NGO
SUBJECT: SUBJECT: SUDANESE CHURCH LEADERS URGE INTENSIFIED
SUPPORT OF CPA


1. (SBU) Acting Political Counselor and Political Section
intern met with the Sudanese Church leaders affiliated with
the World Council of Churches on June 17 on the margins of
the Human Rights Council session in Geneva. Rev. Both Reth
Luang of the Presbyterian Church of Sudan, Isaac Kenyi
Kungur of the Sudanese Catholic Bishops Conference, Bp.
Micah Laila Dawidi of the Bishop Episcopal Church of Sudan,
Dr. Theodor Rathbeger of the World Council of Churches,and
Ms. Marina Peter of Sudan Focal Point Europe urged
heightened attention to the situation in Sudan, and in
particular the fragility of the Comprehensive Peace
Agreement (CPA).


2. The group highlighted their concerns that the
Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) could collapse if not
properly nurtured, implying that the international
community had lessened its focus on the CPA. Kungur and
Luang both argued for international support of the CPA,
which in their view still required monitoring and lacked
sufficient strength to keep the country stable. Dawidi
suggested that there is a possibility that the intention of
the GOS was to let the CPA fail, something that should not
be allowed to happen. Kungur expressed fear of government
collapse if the CPA failed, noting the 16 month lag in
holding elections originally scheduled for 2008. Peter
pointed out the high level of fatalities in Southern Sudan
which have exceeded that of Darfur and called for added
attention to this area. Kungur also felt the conflict to
be spreading and displayed pictures of the destruction and
death in the town of Abyei and the region of Mahjiria,
neighboring Darfur.


3. The group encouraged the United States to remain engaged
with Sudan on Darfur, but to focus as well on the
North/South tension and the risk of collapse of the CPA.
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