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UN envoy aids Uganda peace effort UN envoy holds Uganda peace talks
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Top UN humanitarian chief Jan Egeland is in south Sudan for peace talks aimed at ending two decades of war in Uganda. Top UN humanitarian chief Jan Egeland has met Ugandan government and rebel leaders to bolster peace talks aimed at ending a 20-year militant insurgency.
He will meet representatives of the Ugandan government and rebels of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) over three days in Juba. The talks with the government and members of the Lord's Resistance Army took place in Juba, southern Sudan.
A possible meeting with the highly secretive LRA leader Joseph Kony has yet to be confirmed. Mr Egeland said he had yet to decide whether to meet the highly secretive LRA leader Joseph Kony.
Mr Egeland earlier said he would only meet Mr Kony if he agreed to free children and women abducted by the LRA. Mr Egeland earlier said he would only meet if Mr Kony agreed to free children and women abducted by the LRA.
LRA officials said Mr Kony wanted to meet Mr Egeland.
Stalled progressStalled progress
The rebel leader refuses to attend the peace talks which have been taking place in Juba in case he is arrested. LRA officials said Mr Kony wanted to meet Mr Egeland.
The rebel leader has refused to attend the Juba peace talks in case he is arrested.
I will speak to anybody, anywhere, if it advances the humanitarian cause Jan Egeland
The Ugandan government says it will not consider an amnesty for the rebels until a peace deal is reached.The Ugandan government says it will not consider an amnesty for the rebels until a peace deal is reached.
However, the last few months have seen progress stall, with arguments over ceasefire violations and whether LRA fighters are really gathering at two designated assembly points. However, the past few months have seen progress stall, with arguments over ceasefire violations and whether LRA fighters are really gathering at two designated assembly points.
On Sunday, Mr Egeland will travel to one of those sites near the Congolese border.On Sunday, Mr Egeland will travel to one of those sites near the Congolese border.
Mr Egeland expressed hope that the relative calm of the past few months could continue and that displaced people could start to return to their homes.
He said he would "speak to anybody, anywhere, if it advances the humanitarian cause".
But he said his decision to meet Mr Kony would depend on whether the rebels made a statement of goodwill, promising to release wounded people and children.
Tens of thousands of people have died and more than one-and-a-half million displaced as the LRA attacked civilians and abducted children in northern Uganda and southern Sudan.Tens of thousands of people have died and more than one-and-a-half million displaced as the LRA attacked civilians and abducted children in northern Uganda and southern Sudan.
Mr Egeland will also travel to Sudan's war-torn region of Darfur in his last tour of Africa before he is due to stand down next month.Mr Egeland will also travel to Sudan's war-torn region of Darfur in his last tour of Africa before he is due to stand down next month.