Morning devotions are led by Rev. Matthew, who introduces a Nuer group of five men with a local string instrument, singing a song concerning peace.

Rev. Matthew Mathiang: (Luke 10:25- is read, the story of the Good Samaritan). I will not comment extensively on this passage. I only want to remind you of two sentences. The Teacher of the Law asks for eternal life. He was told to love his God with all his mind, heart and strength and to love his neighbour as himself. When you apply the Law written by Moses, Jesus told them to answer correctly. If you do this you will enter into eternal life. Again, he wants to justify himself, asking "who is my neighbour?" He was giving a history of a man who was travelling from Jeriko to Jerusalem, and fell among thieves and was robbed and beaten until he was half dead. Two men passed that way, one being a church person, a Levite, and the other being a priest. Both passed on the far side and did nothing to assist him. Another man who was not a man of the Church, a Samaritan, saw the man and tried to help him, taking him to a hotel and seeing that he was cared for. Jesus asks, of these three men, who is acting as his neighbour? The answer was that, the man who took care for him, he is his neighbour. Jesus told his listeners, "Go and do likewise." So, your neighbour is the one to whom you do good. Yesterday we saw a man called Pow who was taken by the Dinka who took good care of him. The Dinka really acted as his neighbours. So when we leave this place, let us do the same. Let us act as the Dinka did to Piou, and as the Samaritan did to the man who was robbed. If we do this we will have eternal life. As I conclude, I will make one announcement. Yesterday we prayed for Mario Muor Muor. Mario is with us to day and says our prayers were to good effect. I now ask Bill Lowrey to close in prayer.

Bill Lowrey: Let us pray. Lord God we thank you that you have herd our prayers for MM and that today he is with us. Continue to bring healing to him, and encourage him that all the work he and his people hve done here will continue with good imortance. It will not be forgotteh. around the world. We thank you for our work yeterday with the groups that met. Thank you for the ideas coming forth for peace and reconcilitatiion . As we come to the last steps of this coverence, we pray that we can do good work. That the word will spread across Upper Nile and Bahr el Ghazal. That everyonoe will hunger for peace across the South, that this entire country will be a place where peace can prevail.

Most of our groups are ready to report from the work they did yesterday. There is one group that is asking for 15 minutes to complete their work outside, as we begin our discussion inside. Once we begin the reports, we will proceed 1to 6, asking that the Repporteurs present the responses they came to in their groups. As the reports are made we will listen the entire report. After that you will hve opportunity to ask questions concerning clarification. Once we have completed the report and the Conference affirms that it is accepted, then it will be handed over to begin the writing process. We will spend the entire day going through the six areas of reports. Our other group has come in and so all groups are now ready to report. Yesterday, as you were wrking in groups I had opportunity to walk around and observe your work. One of the things I saw was that every person in every group was working diligently together. You were not divided with the D n one side and the Nuer on the other side. You were all working together working together toward good peace. In fact, what was hapening in every group, was a picture of peace, Dinka and Nuer, working side by side to solve the prblems and work toward peace. Now yu will all be able to proudly present what you have prepared in your groups, and hear what other groups have developed. The reports you are about hear do not come from any individual. They come from a community of Dinka and Nuer working together. As we hear the reports I've had one request, that we begin with the second group. This is because Telar Deng is in pain in his back and would like to make his presentation and then go and take rest. As we hear the reports we will need some new translators so that our group leaders over here can sit and listen to the other reprts.

TD: If there are individuals who can come and speak, pleace come forward. This is Group No. 2, concerning the Monitoring of the Borders. We realise that our group is inter-related with th group that was working on institutional arrangements. Thus we decided to focus on the borders that must be monitored. In our work we identified those borders, district by district, that are right on the border. We will start by reading the statiions district by district.

Group 2, How to Monitor the Borders, with rapporteur: Telar Deng.

Luony
Pabwong
Mdub
Kau Akon

Yal District under Nyong Danyiel.

Luony has Pabong, Madol, Kaiakon

Papui
Pakam Alothai
Yan
Manyiel

Bilnyang
Dol

Adhel Muoth
Karer
Nyibor

Majok
Matiel
Wathtong
Mading
Ayan
Atemrot

Rumbek County:

Amokpiny
Mlek
Apac
Madol

Makwac Adel
Pagor
Paweng
Meshra
Akp
Athieng Ruol
Majak Juer
Acier Cok
Mangar Deng Kwal
Aru

Recommendations: These are necessary if these border stations are required to facilitate administrtion of border stations. This will be discussed with the Management Team at a later time, asking if funding can be located to add more radios.

Each district is to have a radio, totalling 9 radios

5 of these are for Bahr l Ghazal

4 are for Western Upper Nile. Since Bul was not present with us we were unable to include a discussion of the needs of Bul

Stations will be manned by police and border chiefs.

All citizens holding firearms reeithr to be disarmed or join the army.

The local civilian militias are called Jiecabul in Nuer, or Garweng in Dinka. The unanamous decision was that once peace is established there would be no need for these. Both B&N agree that these are a source of insecurity at the border, and a source of insecurity internlly. Our committee said that they should be absorbed into the army, or their arms shuld be submitted. In our entire group only two people were against this, one from Dinka and one from Nuer.

A Dinka joked, saying that the donkey was stupid concerning his sexual organs. He gave the men their sexual organs, but when he was asked where his organs were, he said his was very small and are not worth knowing about. But as it turned out his penis was the largest of all the animals. There is a chance that if we disarm, the Nuer will hide their big guns so they cannot be seen. A Nuer counted saying, we Nuer think we can discuss honestly and openly, laying everything out to be understood. But the Dinka always hide something behind their backs.

Jacob Madhol Long: I do not have a question but an addition. What has been left out concerns the region of Tuic County which is behind the Nuer Bul. As well there is Abyei County has not been mentioned. Perhaps these points will appear in Group 3.

Commissioner Paul Mayom: (responds) What I would like to add concerns our common border betrween Agar area and Gainlel. Paloic & Atot are on the same line, but Atot is a little behind. I would like to delete Atot from the border list. I would suggest that Apac is added insted of Poloc which should be taken away.

BL: Unless there is disagreement these will be changed.

CPM: I believe these border points are too numerous. I suggest we select only thse locations that are adjacent, making the administration simpler.

Commissioner of Leer: What I want to say about the border points is this. In our Unity State we have only two districts that border the Dinka. These are the Districts of Leer and Mayom. The districts of Leer Province that are bordering , these being Nyol, and Gainlel Districts. I suggest these two under Nyal District. There should be five. I will read them out.

In place of Gainlel District and Ador District I suggest putting Diaudit and Jarweng.

In the area of Nyol, Mayom Mayel should be rplaced with

BL: Discussion becomes confused and Noisy. BL comes forward to bring calm; What we are are dealing with now is how we make changes to a working group's report. The recommendation of the working group at the end is how the districts will impliment the border posts, even though there may be differiences in how we list the district. There will be a Coordinating Council who will work with the Districts to get the specific proposals worked out for implimentation. We ask that any Commissioners who want to make changes in the list, please write them down and submit them to the committee. We will not become a cmmittee of the entire conference to make these changes in the specific locations (Commissioner tries to come in and his held back by BL). The Commissioner just said that he supported this method of making corrections. The other issue concerns the additional regiions such as Abyei and other areas from which we have no representatives. The committee can make these altertions so that the border stations are extended as is found necessary in the future.

Wilfred Ring. I am from Tonj County. The issue of the borders is not the concern that brought us here. Rather it is the concern for peace. Long ago when we made sacrifices for peace and other occasions, there were specific places where we gathered for reconciliatin, which I think is the meanng of the Commissioner of Leer. The points already mentioned, if any group wants to pull locations to their side as Nuer are doing, it iwll not lead to a genuine peace between us (BL speaks to Wilfred privately). I thank you. I now understand that this issue is not what we have come for. I am leaving.

Akuil Tito: I have one point to make on the issue of disarmament. Gogriel, Tuic and Abyei Counties. These are attacked by Morhaliin on a regular basis. Perhaps once we reach a peace agreement with Bul District then Gelwing then the border can be cleansed of arms from outside, but this is our own concern at the right time. Since we have no agreement with the Maurhaliin nor with the Gelweng, we must continue to bear arms.

BL: I believe this suggestiion is in light with tht of the Committee if we only add the phrase, "as peace comes to a district then disarmament will take place" (applause).

Adior Deng Kuur: I am a woman from Tonj. My brother BL, I greet you in the name of Jesus Christ. Since he has come during this time, we as women see him as an angel or an emissary of Christ who has come to save us again. I am a widow who has lost her children and all her properties. What I want to say about Group 2, it is like the proverb. A woman hid something in a basket. I have heard of two people who spoke, one from N and one from Dinka. It is like the Dinka speaker who opposed, saying the Nuer are not reliable. However, this may be deceiving us. They may be hiding behind their guns. As I see them, the Nuer have a hidden agenda of fighting. We established this Galweng, the white army, purposely to defend our cattle from Nuer raids. Concerning our borders there should be nothing hidden from our discussion. I suggest that our borders need the police and nothing more. Only tThose of Tonj, Tuic, and Abyeii shuld keep their arms because they fight with the Mauraliim. So I suggest that apart from the three counties tht face the Maurhalliim, the Galwing and Jecbior should be disarmed. This the only thing I want to bring to Bill's attention to be considered.

BL: I believe that what our sister recommended is the same as the Com has recommended, and it has now been incorporated in the work of Group 2. Be the conference I remind you that we have many reports to hear today. I ask you not speak to points that have alrredy been made. I believe Mario Muor Muor would like to speak.

Mario Muor Muor: Good morning everybody. I would like to offer a piece of advice. I think that, for all of us who have laboured in making this conference possible, our final goal is not simply to create the agreement, but to see it implement in our lands. I believe that a good agreement that cannot be implement is as good as an agreement that that has not been written. I appeal to you to be practical, making recommendations that can actually be implemented at the end of the day. Let me give an example from the suggestions already made. The disarmament of the White Army and the Galwong and the Jiecbior. Commanders Peter Pajier and Selfa Mathok are here with us. I dont't know that either of them will be prepared to return back and disarm these groups immediately. If they determine to do it, how can know that either has actually been disarmed? What is practical at this stage, is that Selfa Mathok can control the ctiions of Galweng. I'm confident that Pajier can do the same. What we presently need is to bring the two White Armies under the authority of SPLA aand under SSIM, respectively. This is a practical action. Secondly, after we have imlimented the resolutiions of the conference, then we can reconcile the two armies and bring them together. I would feel bad if the White Army and Galweng is recommended whn this cannot be implimented. Lastly, my point concerns the brder posts. The Commissioners had a confict here, and I feel there is no reason for this. Both Dinka and Nuer know the last villages that came into conflich, the locations we last deserted. I thought these were ging to be the police psts. We are not going to create them in the middle of the toc. Don't mix boundaries with the police. We need to station our police in the old villages we have inhabited before, not in the new posts we are proposing. Thank you.

BL: I would like to summarise the steps leading to disarmement and see if you agree with that. The goal as is stated in the recomendation is this: The goal when peace comes is the eventual disarmament of the popuation. Between Mario and John Luk they are suggesting 3 steps:

The civilian forces should come under the authority of the army or the police in the area.

Recmmended by John Luk, and supported by MMM, that arms held by civilians should be registered according to chiefanships.

Jointly co-ordinated, betwen military & police on both sides, there would then be disarmament of the civilian population on both sides

If you agree with these three suggestions as the way to impliment the recommendations of the WG, you clap your hands (people applaud). If this is generally recommended it can then be discussed.

Peter Nyot Kok: I agree with all the steps suggested, except the issue of disarment. I think that if our two militia have come under the authority of the army, and are trained and discipined, we still need them for the North-South conflict. Don't frget that the peace between Dinka and Nuer means that the enemy will reach very strongly, and we need all the defensive power we possess to respond.

BL: I think that PNK has really helped us see what this phrase means, "when peace comes to the area . . .". You have put together a plan that can be implimented as peace comes to each area. If there is a region where confict remains the militias cannot be disarmed. I would like to ask if you are now willing and able to adapt these recommendatiions, with the alterations that have been recommended and accepted (applause). I take that as acceptance and we can give a round of applause to all who have worked on these recommendations. Now we have completed the work of one group and learned some lessons as to how to proceed effectgively. When grouppNumber on presents its recommendations, we will only take comments about additiions abou and recommendatinons. No one is simply to speak for aor against.

Group No. 1; Dhol Acuil will now present Missing Persons and Marriages to Abductees, with rapporteur: Dhol Achuil.

Commander Paul Mayom Akec: We see the concerns of No. 1 and No.2 are very closely related. Both are dealing with the same border stations. Let us go on to another topic in our list.

BL: The point is well taken, and we go to Group 3, directly:

Group 3. Institutional Arrangements,

with rapporteur: Michael Wal Duany

Police

Border Courts

Appeals Processes

Dinka/Nuer Peace Co-ordinating Council

Michael Wal Duany: The work of our group is closely related to the issues of monitoring systems we have just discussed. You will find a number of overlapping concerns, as with the police. These arethe institutions in place to monitor and correct violations. There are complex ideas before us, and we will welcome your participation in defining them more fully than we have been able to do. Ours has been a collective work with all members of our committee. I am grateful for our cooperatioin. I now call on Paul Akec to present our report.

Commander Paul Mayom Akec: Group 3 came up with this recomndatioin. It is recommended that Bahr el Ghazal will have the following police posts:

1. Adir
2. Pagarou
3. Luel
4. Madol
5. Makuac
6. Mashara Acol
7. Majak Juer
8. Mayen Jur
9. Mayom Adony
10. Mathiang

The list here and that list suggested by group 2 will have to be combined and altered as the committee sees appropriate.

On the side of Bentiu and Unity State we shall have correponding posts as folows:

11. Dhiau Rid
12. Jarweng
13. Mayam
14. Kaikon
15. Tar
16. Madol
17. Lony
18. Porjuer
19. Luel
20. Majok
21. Rilthiang
22. Tangyier
23. Riak

The composition of the force command and other provisions, e.g.

• arms & munitions
• uniforms
• stationary
• transport
• radio communication sets
• medicines
• rations
• training, & etc.

Commissioner Paul Mayom: These shall be determined by the respective administrations in collaboration with supporting international agencies.

I-D. Joint police forces shall formed during dry season in the areas of contact. This will assist in areas where conflict has arisen over the encroachment into one another's grazing lands. The question of Joing Police from Unity State/Bentiu and Bahr el Ghazal will combine together at the locations where they meet. When the groups converge, the police accompany them until the end of the dry season when they return to their own locations.

We have not addressed the issue of command, because this will be dealt with by the local administrations. The size of police forces is to be made locally. We are dealing with police and not the concern of the army.

The Border Courts

• We recommend the revival and strengthening of existing border courts as well as training of para-legals to men the courts.
• Re-affirm the present border chiefs and increase their numbers when necessary.

Explanation added: (a)We have made a simple clarification concerning numbers. The present numbers may be inadequate given the great length of the border.

(b)We should not confuse between a border chief and the courts. The chief is not necessarily in the court if chosen. His concern is to monitor, but he himself will not sit as a court. There may be some local issues that he will solve, such as conflicts between women, etc.)

• Border courts constituted in Bahr el Ghazal and Unity state shall consist of 5 to 7 members each
• Pending further arrangements the law applicable in both courts shall be customary law.

NOTE: It is emphasised during our discussion that convicts on either side shall be imprisned where the offence was committed. (This may be new and may operate as a kind of penalty. Chief Makeny spoke of this. This may serve to deter some of our most habititual offenders since they do not want to be held in a foreign region).

Appeal Processes

• Border courts shall be courts of originial jurisdiction or of original jurisdiction.
• Appeals from border courts shall lie to the relevant peoples' regional court (these are the courts in every section. We propose this because these courts are most knowledgable of the concerns in the border areas).
• Appeals from the Peoples Regional Court shall lie to the County Judge or provinc judge as the case may be.

Dinka-Nuer Coordinating Council. (Some members of our group felt that there may be some confusion in the use of the term "cooridinating council" because this is a functional term in the administration of Riak Machar).

• Composition: Three members shall be nominated each County/Province, one of whom shall be a woman.
• The Council shall meet twice a year and shall meet at any time on the emergency cal of the chair person.
• The Council shall elect its chair person at its first meeting and this person shall serve in this office for a period of one ywar with effect from the date of his/her election (we propose that this process be undertaken now, during our present meeting, because it will be difficult for such a group of people to meet again for this purpose).
• The venue for the meetings shall alternate dependent on the security situation.

The Functions of the Council.

• To oversee the implementation of the Wunlit Peace and Reconciliation resolutions.
• A budget needs to be considered and prepared by each of the respective administrations. So much as possible we should be supporting these structures ourselves.
• Review annual performance and recommend future plans.
• Recomend a larger forum or meeting between Dinka/Nuer chiefs, elders and political leaders in the event of serious violations of peace conference resolutions
• The Council shall maintain contacts with the political leadership on security issues (we have avoided speaking of the army on either side for obvious reasons. We have also tried to brief lest our document become too lengthy).

(CPMA: 3 members shall be nominated f Yirol 3, Gogial 3, Tuic, Abyei 3, and correesponding on the Nuer side).

BL: We want thank the Commissioner for his fine presentation, and the 37 members of this working group for clear and specific recommendations. If these recommendatiions are accepted, then it is understood that the Council will be selected here, and the work will be put in place here, before we depart. I open the floor now for any additions--addtions only--which we would like to make, after which we will take our lunch break.

PNK: I have a point. What is the total number of members we are anticipating?

PMA: 37 total, 3 each from the 6 districts; and number 37 shall be from the Churches.

PNK: Another point. I sugget that as ne of its "Functions" the Council should be free to solicit funds from the NGOs and international organsations.

BL: The WG accepts this as a friendly amendment.

PNK: What the Council should have as one of its function the promotion of peace across all of S. Sudan, or the New Sudan. should do, if there are conflicts between Dinka and Nuer, it should help negotiate peace, Zande, Lotuka. Upper Nile, Equatoria If Dinka and Nuer, that involves all of the South We would like to annual any imprssion that Dinka and Nuer are reconciling for the sake of impossing their united power on other ethnic groups in Sudan.

BL: These are friendly suggestions. Note that are welcome to make additions Observers

Chief Mario: Yesterday we didn't record Aru, a small but important statiion between Bul and ... I want this to be included. But this station called Majok. Yesterday it was not listed. It is in the toc between us and Jagai and Bul, shared between these three sectiions. It is not a permanent dwelling place, and should not be assigned as a border post. You should confine yourselves to border posts that existed previously. If we mix Toc and reconciliation we will not progress well.

Commissioner PMA: I want to clarify this. All we have listed in groups 2 and 3, are locations that have been listed here are places that fall under specific counties. These will be provided by the counties concerned. These have no relations to locations in the toc. These should not be mixed. Nor can we encroach on each other. this is a misconception; don't go by that. (applause).

BL: The border posts and the stations will be matched up later by the committee. Lets leave these questions to the Dinka and Nuer Council.

Chief Mario: I raise this out of a specific background. I reserve the right to reaise this again in the Council.

BL: Are you ready to adopt the recommendations? (applause) I must say again that the committees and the entire assembly is doing terrific work.

1. Missing Persons and Marriages to Abductees

Rapporteur: Dhol Achuil.

Dhol Achuil: It is unfortunate that my group is coming in the afternoon when people are tired and the hall is almost empty. This morning I have been robbed twice of opportunities to speak. Our group met under the tree near the place where we sacrificed Mabior some days ago. Our group had some 60 people, no other group. Therefore I believe my group was the most blessed of all the groups.

We are speaking of people that have gone missing during the war, and about girls who were abducted and married among people. We also dealt with boys or men who were taken on both sides and might have married during captivity. You might say these issues are the most complex of all the topics we are dealing with because it deals with people. It is made still more complicated by the fact that there are children who have been born in captivity, and have grown in the alien culture and have adopted the culture and values of the people among whom they have lived. We have not dealt with those people who have opted to settle in neigbouring lands of their own free will. After our deliberations under the tree yesterday we dealt first with concerns of Girls and women in captivity. This category alone is extensive, with so many of these on each side in our conflict. The numbers involved are not yet determined, but I have asked all our chiefs to register the names of every person of this category who is known to them. Let me go into the resolutions that we arrived at yesterday.

Girls who have been abducted but are not yet married.

• Resolution: to be repatriated to their parents or guardians as soon as they are identified.

Girls who have been Married in Captivity

• As soon as they are identified they should be asked by their parents if they want to remain with their husbands.
• If the woman declares that she wants to remain with her husband, than the bride price must be collected and presented to her natural parents.
• If she desires to return to her natural parents or guardians she is to be repatirated. The question that remains concerns her children.
• These children can be redeemed by their natural father according to Dinka traditions.
• Girls married to soldiers on either side presents another question. If the woman is identified with a soldier on the SPLA side, she should be sent to Commander Selva Kiir Mayardit so that the girl is able to state before her parents whether she wants to remain with her soldier-husmand return to her family or not.
• If she wants to return to her parents, then she must go. The question that remains concerns the children she has given birth to.
• Whether she has a single child or several may be redeemed by the natural father (a soldier), according to the custom of the Dinka.
• The opposite is also true. If the father refuses to redeem the children, the mother is free to leave with them.
• If the girl is found in USDF governed territory, a letter must be written to Commander Riak Machar, and the same process holds true. (You may ask why we write to Selva Kiir rather than John Garang; and you write to rather than to Riak Machar. Some days ago you saw Selva Kiir at the opening f our meetings here as the man responsible for Bahr el Ghazal.

Married Women Abducted into Captivity

• As soon as a woman in this category is identified she should be repatriated to her home area with all her children born in captivity.
• The man who took the abducted woman as his wife in the alien land shall be fined for adultery in accordance with the custom in the area where the woman was discovered. (this practice, called akor, is a particularly serious violation, and must be seriously punished. The taking of women must be strongly discouraged. The practice corrupts and destroys our family structure).

Boys or Men in Captivity.

• In all cases boys and men who have been abducted and held in captivity shall be freed and repatriated to their natural parents or guardians as soon as they are discovered. (They are to be freed immediately because this is their natural right. To abduct and hold people is to take a way a basic human right. The difficuly arises if these individuals have been married in captivity).
• A male in this category who has been married in the alien land must be asked where he himself wants to live. If he chooses to return to live with his natural parents or guardians with his parents, then his family shall pay the bride price which was paid by his guardian in the alien land when he was married.
• If his natural father pays the bride price on his behalf, then he is free to rturn to his land of origin with his children and wife.

Boys or Men who were Abducted, then freed, and have settled on their own accord.

• This group shall be left undisturbed wherever they are found.

On Nuer side an Abductee Identification Team shall be formed made up of chiefs. A similar team shall be formed of Dinka Chiefs whose territories border Nuerland. The two teams shall work together, aaccompanying each other on tours of both Dinka and Nuer territories.

(We propose an identificatiion Team to be establsihed on both sides of the the divide. After all these process and the procedures we come to a group that can These are our proposals. It is possible that these functions could be handled by one of the groups/committees that were described during the morning session. I hope we will have opportunity to address you again, describing the reasons why the abduction of our peoples has emerged during this period in our history.)

BL: Again, we are most thankful for an excellent and clear presentation from Group 1. Now, I would request that delegatese present any additions or deletions to what has said. Only additions, please.

Stephen With: I would like to request that certain points be deleated from the proposal. My concern is with women who have been abducted and married in a foreign. It has been said that they should be returned to their families, and that the husband is responsible to pay a fine for adultery. I differ with this because but women who were obtained as abductees have remained with their husbands fr a very long time. Listen carefully to what I say. We have different customary laws amng Nuer and Dinka. I iffer an example from Nuer. There was a time when Gajeng fought with Lau. It happed that women were taken captive, and married in captivity. After the Akobo Conference reconciliation was done, and adultery was never mentioned with regard to the men who took the women. Tht is my comment about abducted women. Secondly, I address the issue of women who are married to soldiers on either side. The committee has suggested that a letter should be written to Riak Machar. This complicated be cause Machar is far away in Khartoum. I suggest that Chief of Staff Elijah Hon should be consulted on this matter.

BL: I ask the Repporteur to respond to these suggestions.

Dhol Acuil: I do not disagree completely with Uncle Stephen. However, I believe that it is a viiolation when a married woman is taken as a wife in a foreign land in both Dinka and Nuer customary law. The other point Stephen says that it would be wrong to fine the man for adultery. When you have taken a woman who is another man's wife, and then declare you have no responsibility to pay a fine, that is an offence in any court on earth.

BL: We taake these as friendly suggestion

Dung Maliet Bwong: I am from Rumbek County. This is what I want to say. I did not speak yesterday because I was sick. The statement that a many should pay compensation of adultery, the cows that were captured, for they shall be returned, the people killed, shall they be compensated? Will the first who were killed be returned? If we are not going to return the captured cattle and brig back to life those who have been killed, and those killed be compensated for, than we should not bring a fine for adultery. If we don't do these three things, that we cannot impose a fine for adultery. In our tradition, it is also impossible to reclaim cattle born in captivity. Only the raided cattle are returned. It is true that the woman concerned has been abducted. But the woman has been found alive, and she can return to her husband. What's wrong with that? The husband is fortunate. The one who must pay compensation for adultery is one who has seduced someone's wife. He is a thief and must be punished. (private discussion, SAB: this is booty of war. The room erupts in discussion as the leadership work privately for clarification)

BL: We have come to some clarification, and I ask Dhol Achuil to present.

DA: We have seen the reaction on both sides of the Conference hall concerning the married woman who are married in captivity. This is what we have decided:

People who disagree, we will ask one question on each point:

1.Do you agree that the married woman who was abducted and married should be returned to her own people? (Those who want compensation after the woman is discovered and returned to her husband

Chief Magok: I agree with the recommendatiion of the committee and I will give my reason. Those who ask the question. If a man takes another man's and cares for her, feeding her for a long time, why whould this be raised. He is separating two things, a widow who has no husband, and a woman who has a husband. The two are not the same. (John Luk: he is speaking against his point) A Nuer who comes and takes your wife by force, and feeds and has children with her. Are we doing this to punih him. A law that I meant to punish the man (John Luk: he is givin a contradictory statment). I want compensatiion to be paid. Should the Nuer who settled in Dinka country and fled when conflict came leaving their cattle behind. Should their cattle be returned to them?

BL: This is what the Management Committee has decided. This is a topic which is very complex and it is not possible for our meeting to come to a conclusion on. We cannot confirm a resolution that we can't gain a concensus on at present. But neither should this issue be discarted. Rather, it must be refered to the council whom you choose. This will be one of the issues they will work on. Do you accept our referring this question to the Council? (One man: It cannot be suspended).

BL: Please translate for me. The issue is being referred to the Council. Its formation will begin tonight with Dr. Michael Wal chairing. It is clear that if this issue is not suspended now, we cannot proceed. It is important that we move on through our reports, but at the same time, we all realise that this is an important issue which must be addressed. Since the Council will be chosen here and have its first meeting while you are present here, it will be possible to deal with this questioin with your contributions. We now have the proposal from the working group to adopt all of this report, except that one point. (applause). This report is adopted and we move to report from Group No. 4.

Group 1. People Outside the Peace Process, with rapporteur: Farouk Gatkuoth Kam.

FGK: Let us praise the Lord. I am very happy. Most of my brothers from the Dinka side don't know me, thinking I might be an Arab. Some may think I am a Muslim. (speaks in Nuer) You may kill me by mistake. Now you have seen me speaking in Nuer, and we will be familiar to each other. Our group is dealing with the people who are outside the pace. When we sat the group comprised 37 people. At first most of the people misunderstood the meaning of the name of our topic, and I needed to define and explain this to them. We divided the topic into two categories. Those who were not able to attend the conference due to lack of transport, for instance, the chiefs of Panaruu, and those of Bul Nuer. In fact, Panaruu is part of Unity State. The only recommendation we have is this:

C.The concerned authorities of the Conference, Dinka and Nuer, are to spread and extend the resolutions of the Peace & Reconciliation Conference to their areas with the asistance of the NSCC.

The second category is: those who do not want peace & reconciliation. These are Paulino Matip and Carbino Kuanyin Bol. In fact their position is somewhat complicated. Paulino Matip comes from Bul area, and the Bul Nuer are divided into three areas. Some of them are with SSIM, the army of Riak Machar. Others are with SUM (S Sudan United Movement). Still others are with the SPLA.

In the case of Cabino, some of the Dinka are with him in the SUM. Others are with the SPLA. I hope you can see the complication. Therefore we believe in our commitee. Some homework must be done in all places. The SIM and USDF and those peace-loving people have work to do. And again, those on the side of the SPLA have work to be done. It was expressed by the majority of our group that this must be put to an end. It is only that we are in Dinkaland we must kong koc (keep cool). Therefore our recommendation reads (sort of given them the benefit of the doubt):

1.The Conference calls on Carbino Kuanyin Bol and Paulino Matip to join the Peace & reconciliation Conference at Wunlit.

2.The Conference calls on Dr. Riak Machar and the peace-loving people of Upper Nile to use thir influence to bring CKB and Paulino Matip to the peace process. In this regard the UDSF can also provide some assistance.

3.The Conference makes the follwing recmmendations

• a letter is to be written requesting that Dr. John Garang and Riak Machar to come together to reconcile their differencees.
• Given the diverse, conflicting cmmunities in the South are reconciled, it is recommended tht an inclusive peace and reconliation conference be organised among Southern Political leader.
• The Conference extends its gratitude to the NSCC for facilitating this important conference. And to the SPLM/SPLA to allow this conference in Tonj County and for supplying adequate security. Our gratitude goes to the USDF for having confidence in the SPLA and for allowing delegates from USDF controled areas.

Thanks for listening.

BL: Again, we thank you for a fine presentatiion and the work of your group. We are also thankfujl that the entire Conference now knows you as a Nuer man. (applause; Nuer woman chants in Dinka "we are encouraged"). Are the recommendaations of Farouk Accepted (applause; Dinka woman beings singing, "Power, God give us strength . . ."). Tomorrow we will work very hard to get our two remaining groups completed. Tomorrow we want to come to a final cnclusion with the signing of your agreement. Only the sacrifices will remain for the following day. To end this day's meeting I will invite Gabriel Yual, an elder of the Presbyterian Church of Sudan, to offer our closing prayer.

Gabriel Yual: Let me ask you all to stand as we pray. (sining, "Lord, give us our land"). Our Heaveny Father, we give you thanks and praise, especially forthis day. We have completed our work. WE believe that since you have been with us througout. giving you thanks for the wisdom, we pray comes from you. Creating resolutions that will bring peace to our land, and for the sake of our chidren. Let us have peace as we go from here, as we eat and sleep. We want peace, and have been longign for it for many years.

we pray that our resolutions will bring peace. We praise you and thank youfor all our firends, leaders of the committee, and those who gujide us in this conferen.e Be with all our workers, especially our Bro Marc Nikkel, spening much energy. This is the love we share together. We want unity and we want peace. We pray in Jesus name.