A letter from Resolve Uganda.

Dear Invisible Children supporters,

I just wanted to follow up on last week’s Global NGO Statement and again say thank you. We are still awaiting news about the Ri-Kwangba meeting of northern Ugandan leaders and the mediator with Joseph Kony, which was reportedly delayed at least one day. Yet, regardless of what happens, I think we together made a strong stand of principles, and even more importantly, a stand of solidarity with those who continue working tirelessly to salvage the peace process in its many parts.

Last week, our statement was mentioned in the reporting of Reuters, Reuters AlertNet, ReliefWeb and The Mail & Guardian. It will likely also feature in an AP story on the outcome of the Ri-Kwangba meeting. Today’s New Vision also ran the full text of the statement, though they perplexingly put it as an Op/Ed under my name. We had sent the statement to them with all the signatories and press release, so I am very confused where they got the idea that it was an opinion piece. In any case, we have asked them to run a correction with the names of all the signatories. Our sincere apologies

Following up on the statement, we (Resolve Uganda) asked U.S. peace advocates to sign their individual names to the same message. In just 48 hours, we had over 9,000 signatures! These names as well as our NGO Statement with your respective logos will be delivered to all offices of the U.S. Senate over the coming weeks.

Finally, I hope we can remain in touch and continue to work together to ensure that the humanitarian process and momentum achieved through the Juba peace process is sustained. Thanks for all the work you do.

Kind regards,
Peter J. Quaranto
Senior Researcher/Conflict Analyst
Resolve Uganda

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