The Juba Initiative Project is an funding mechanism funded by several world donors, to support the peace talks between the Government of

Uganda }), is a landlocked country in East Africa East Africa, Eastern Africa, or East of Africa, is the eastern subregion of the African continent. In the United Nations Statistics Division scheme of geographic regions, 10-11-(16*) territor ...

and the opposition group

Lord's Resistance Army The Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), also known as the Lord's Resistance Movement, is a rebel group and heterodox Christian group which operates in northern Uganda, South Sudan, the Central African Republic, and the Democratic Republic of the Co ...

, which resumed in Juba, Southern Sudan, in May 2007. The revived talks, mediated and hosted by the Government of Southern Sudan, are supported by the Special Representative of the

United Nations Secretary-General The secretary-general of the United Nations (UNSG or SG) is the chief administrative officer of the United Nations and head of the United Nations Secretariat, one of the six principal organs of the United Nations. The role of the secretary-ge ...

for LRA-affected areas, Joaquim Chissano. Logistic support is provided by the

United Nations The United Nations (UN) is an intergovernmental organization whose stated purposes are to maintain international peace and international security, security, develop friendly relations among nations, achieve international cooperation, and be ...

Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, whose Juba office is headed by

Eliane Duthoit Eliane can refer to: Éliane * Éliane a French feminine given name ** Éliane, the name for Hill A1 in the 1954 battle of Dien Bien Phu taken by Colonel General Nguyễn Hữu An * Pierre Éliane (1955), French singer and Carmelite friar Eliane I ...

. OCHA manages the fund on behalf of the Southern Sudan Government."KPMG to audit Juba peace funds"
by Grace Matsiko, '' The Monitor'', 17 May 2007

References

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