20.8.2024
Rome SSOMA Declaration
We, the SSOMA Leadership Council (SSOMA-LC), having met in Rome, Italy on the 12th
and 14th August 2024, do hereby:
Recognize the fact that the unity of the people of South Sudan is of paramount
importance to achieving sustainable peace in our country;
Concern of the continuous suffering of the people of South Sudan and the alarming
political, social and economic breakdown in the country;
Commit to the unity of the opposition parties working together in a functional alliance;
Further commit to political dialogue as the best means to resolve the conflict in South
Sudan;
Acknowledge that the only way forward for achieving sustainable peace in the country
is through addressing the root causes of the conflict in South Sudan in an inclusive
Roundtable Conference;
Aware that, the only way forward for addressing conflict in South Sudan is to design a
comprehensive peace road map that focuses on the welfare of the people of South
Sudan;
Recall our historical SSOMA charter for continuous development of SSOMA to meet the
current and future political challenges,
Therefore, we the Leadership Council of SSOMA resolve the following:
01- Appoint;
a) Gen. Thomas Cirillo Swaka, Chairman and Commander-in-Chief of National
Salvation Front (NAS), the Chairperson of SSOMA;
b) Dr. Alex Yata Lukadi, Chairman and Commander-in-Chief of South Sudan
Movement for Change (SSMC), Deputy Chairperson of SSOMA; and
c) Amb. Emmanuel Ajawin, Chairman and Commander-in-Chief of National
Democratic Movement-Patriotic Front (NDM-PF), Secretary General of SSOMA.
02-Conduct an alliance general meeting to adopt the new structure of SSOMA
Secretariat and to identify and appoint officials to the respective secretariat
positions;
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03- Establish SSOMA branch offices around the world to help in propagating the
diplomatic and political agenda of SSOMA;
04- Improve and adopt the SSOMA comprehensive peace road map as a guideline in
any political negotiations in South Sudan;
05-Call on the people of South Sudan to join SSOMA alliance to work together to
achieve just and lasting peace in South Sudan;
06- Undertake general mobilization of SSOMA members around the world to achieve
SSOMA objectives.
Done on this day of 14th August 2024, Rome Italy.
Gen. Thomas Cirillo Swaka
Chairperson of SSOMA;&
Chairman and Commander in Chief (C-in-C) of
National Salvation Front (NAS)
Dr. Alex Yata Lukadi
Deputy Chairperson of SSOMA;&
Chairman and Commander in Chief (C-in-C) of
South Sudan Movement for Change (SSMC)
Amb. Emmanuel Ajawin
The Secretary General of SSOMA;&
Chairman and Commander in Chief (C-in C) of
National Democratic Movement-Patriotic Front
(NDM-PF)