The Committee for National Healing, Peace and Reconciliation held a retreat and workshop with the theme “JOURNEYING TOGETHER FOR RECONCILIATION” in Holy Trinity Peace Village, Kuron, Eastern Equatoria State, Republic of South Sudan, from 02–06 December 2013. This is the press release from what was the second full meeting of the Committee since it was formed by Republican Order of the President in April 2013. The meeting was opened by the Chair, Archbishop Daniel Deng Bul, and attended by the Vice Chair, Bishop Emeritus Paride Taban, and other members.

The purpose of the meeting was to reflect on healing and reconciliation, to evaluate the activities of the last six months and to endorse the Committee’s plan of activities for 2014-2016.