A film and verbatim report will be made of the meeting. Because of the vast distances to be oovered by participants of the East Bank. Official delegates will walk to approved air strip pick-up points to the flown to the site. All visitors and observers will be flown in as will all supplies. There is no means to rach the area by truck.
All flights are by hired charter.
The project expects 1000 to 1200 participants drawn from Chiefs, Church leaders, Elders, Women from the different communities of the East Bank, Upper Nile. Observers will be called in from Western Upper Nile and Equatoria, as well as representatives of NSCC, Partners, Donors and the Media. Key participants in the conference involve five major sets or groups. They make up the 200 to 250 official delegates called from the Anuak, Dinka, Murle, Nuer, Shilluk groups of the East Bank. Chiefs and Elders are the primary delegates of the conference and who shall perform the central and critical roles for achieving and monitoring the peacemaking aims of the conference.