The Southern Sudan government budget depends on its share of oil revenue. With limited resources, the southern regional government cannot pay for a new judicial system or police department, nor can it implement plans to improve social services and build infrastructure. |
Uganda has a vibrant and courageous media and the government must not try to limit its work though political prosecutions. |
We very much want a peace agreement for the south because they've been at war for 21 years now and that's enough. |
What people in the field — the soldiers and their immediate officers — haven't really been drilled in is what to do and how to cope in particular situations. They haven't been given clear instructions in how to deter and defeat forces that might attack civilians, and they need to be given clear and robust instructions to do everything that they have in their power to protect civilians. |
When the ruling party has unhindered access to government funds, illegally uses government assets such as vehicles to campaign, and receives six times as much TV coverage as the opposition, there is no level playing field. |
[His rebels'] human rights record is poor because of the lack of accountability, ... That has led to a lot of abuses that have never been punished, including summary executions, disappearances, prolonged arbitrary detentions, corrupt transactions and the taking of food from civilians. |