Diplomat Deng Dau and Norwegian govt officials at a conference in Oslo

The government will conduct a national conference in September on conflict-related sexual offenses and take concrete steps to end the vice in the country, according to Acting Foreign Affairs Minister, Deng Dau.

“We made clear steps to make sure that the offenders are prosecuted and know that these practices are eliminated,” he marked at the conclusion yesterday of a two-day international conference in the Norwegian capital Oslo about children in armed conflict.

“My government is convening the second national conference on conflict-related sexual violence in September this year,

“And this conference will develop concrete steps to end sexual violence against women and children,’ he said.

Dau told the participants that the government working to address the prevalence of rape and all forms of sexual violence by armed forces against women and children in South Sudan.

According to the South Sudan diplomat, the government has already committed through the comprehensive 2020 action plan to he said: ” first criminalize rape and social abuses against children by the armed forces.”

Deng was invited to the conference by the Norwegian Minister of Foreign Affairs, among other foreign ministers, and was accompanied by the Director of European Affairs in Juba.

Before departing for Norway, the Acting Foreign Affairs Minister told the media that Juba would use the conference to remind the international community that the country no longer has children in the armed forces.