Religious leaders under the umbrella Acholi Religious Peace Initiative on Tuesday used the United Nations Day Commemoration to pray for Israel and Palestine who are engaging in deadly confrontation.
Sheikh Musa Khalil, the acting Northern regional assistant to the Mufti and vice chairperson ARLPI today offered prayers to put to an end the deadly ongoing war between Israel and Palestine.
Khalil who was given the opportunity to grace the ceremonial ground with short opening prayers directed his prayer to almighty God to put in the heart of the people who masterminded the war to reflect about the innocent children and civilians who are being killed in the rampage of war.
In his prayer submission, Khalil condemned the war and asked God to heal those who were wounded during the war.
Gulu city today hosted the commemoration of the 78th UN anniversary day under the “theme “accelerating the achievement of the 2030 agenda and the sustainable development goal”.
The event was presided over by Prime minister of Uganda honorable Robina Nabanja who appealed to the UN to localize and popularize SDGs at the grassroots level.
She acknowledges the UN for Offering steadfast support to the government of Uganda toward achieving peace and development.
Nabanja reveals that Uganda is pursuing SDGs through its National development plan aligned to East Africa community vision 2050 and African union agenda 2063.
Susan Ngongi Namondo, the UN resident representative to Uganda says the UN is struggling to implement the SDGs smoothly due to the number of wars.
She named the war between Russia and Ukraine which has affected the interest rate, chain of distribution and world economy.
She noted that during the war in northern Uganda, the UN offered humanitarian support to the people.
Ngongi and appreciated the government of Uganda for offering a hospitable environment to million refugees and accepting to host them.
Alfred Okwonga, the Gulu city mayor, appreciated the UN for choosing Gulu city to host the historical event.
Okwonga asked UN family to support forcefully displaced people living in Gulu City with fund that will enable them establish low cost housing for these categories of people he termed as "poor city dwellers".
