from Yona Maro

PUBLIC
DISCUSSION

“South
Sudan Independence: The Way Forward”

June 24, 2011

2pm-5pm
Juba Grand Hotel

PANELISTS

H.E. Riek
Machar – Vice President of the Government of Southern Sudan (GOSS)

Ambassador
Nakaha Stanislas – African Union (AU) Liaison Officer in Southern
Sudan

Hala Elkarib
– Director of the Strategic Initiative for Women in the Horn of Africa
(SIHA) Network

Anis Haggar
– Chairman of the Haggar Holding Company

MODERATORS

John Tanza
Mabusu & Charlton Doki

Co-Hosts of
VOA’s “Sudan In Focus” program

PROGRAM

2:00
pm Guest Arrival / Registration

2:30 pm Opening Remarks

Introduction
of Broadcasting Board of Governors

Introduction of Panelists

2:45 pm Independence
– Role of the government in building a new nation

H.E. Riek Machar (opening statement, 5 minutes)

Panel Discussion

Audience Questions
and Comments

3:10 pm Lessons
Learned – Examples of post-conflict nation-building in Africa

Ambassador
Nakaha Stanislas (opening statement,
5 minutes)

Panel Discussion

Audience Questions
and Comments

3:35 pm Citizens
– Rights and obligations in a new society

Hala
Elkarib (opening statement,
5 minutes)

Panel Discussion

Audience Questions
and Comments

4:00 pm Prosperity
– Developing a successful economy based on trade and investment

Anis Haggar
(opening statement, 5 minutes)

Panel Discussion

Audience Questions
and Comments

4:25 pm Closing
Remarks

4:45pm VOA
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