President Salva Kiir addressed a public rally in Yei town earlier today, calling for peace and stability and promising that a four-month-long national dialogue process will begin in March.
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![Radio Miraya: President Kiir calling for peace, says national dialogue to start in March](https://unmiss.unmissions.org/sites/default/files/styles/380x220/public/field/image/unmiss_chief_meets_president_kiir_-_my_job_will_be_done_when_unmiss_can_leave_25_01_2017_-_photo_0.jpg?itok=TzqFjs2V)
President Salva Kiir, here in a recent meeting with UNMISS chief David Shearer, has today called for peace and promised that his proposed national dialogue will begin in March.
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Peace campaigner William Ongoro tells Radio Miraya that countering hate speech requires ‘maturity’ and ‘change in mindset’
![UNMISS official in Bentiu: Peace dialogue initiatives at local level crucial for reconciliation](https://unmiss.unmissions.org/sites/default/files/styles/380x220/public/field/image/bentiu_unmiss_local_peace_dialogue_initiatives_crucial_to_promote_reconciliation_03_02_2017_-_photo.jpg?itok=nxjulIdA)
The UNMISS Civil Affairs Division on Wednesday 1 February facilitated a well-attended peace forum in Bentiu.
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David Shearer, the UNMISS chief, was in a good and optimistic mood at his welcome reception in Juba today (2 February 2017).
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The UNMISS peacekeepers in the photo, taken in Rajaf in September 2015, did NOT participate in the WFP and World Vision training on basic urban farming.
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They need peace to go home. More than 41,000 internally displaced persons live in Wau. Archive photo, July 2016.
![Press release: UNMISS “committed to creating conditions of peace and security”](https://unmiss.unmissions.org/sites/default/files/styles/380x220/public/field/image/srsg_david_shearer_version_2_smiling_1.jpg?itok=gmgafHPP)
UNMISS chief David Shearer.