Japan Boosts Peace Efforts in North
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New Vision (Kampala)
April 30, 2005
Posted to the web May 2, 2005
John Omoding
Kampala
THE Japanese government is committed to bringing peace to northern Uganda, Mari Yamauchi, an official from the Japanese mission to the UN Headquarters in New York, USA, has said.
"The Japanese government is trying to consolidate peace in Africa. Japan, together with its partners, is working out modalities on how to bring about peace in northern Uganda," Mari said.
She was addressing the internally displaced persons in Obuku camp in Soroti municipality on Tuesday. She was on her first trip to Africa.
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UNICEF-supported se-ctors in Soroti include education, health and nutrition, water and sanitation.
UNICEF country representative Martin Mogwanja said they received assistance of US$9.2m in March from the Japanese government, towards children and women in war areas.
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