The United Nations Mission in South Sudan or UNMISS congratulated Bishop Paride Taban for being awarded the 2013 Sergio Vieira de Mello Peace Prize.
UNMISS Chief Hilde Johnson said in a statement that Bishop Paride’s recognition was very well deserved.She added that Bishop Paride was a prominent South Sudanese actor for peace who received a richly-deserved recognition of his efforts and accomplishments in building trust and peace between different communities in the Holy Trinity Peace Village in Kuron, Eastern Equatoria.
Ms Jonhson said the achievement of peace in the Kuron Peace Village by Bishop Paride was a model to be emulated in other hotspots of South Sudan.
She added that Bishop Paride devoted himself selflessly during two decades of civil war in some of the most trying situations serving communities.