[1] The SSPC is involved in building the capacity of local communities to reduce conflict and prevent escalation.
Challenges included avoiding conflict during the national elections in July 2009 and the self-determination referendum of early 2011.
[2] In March 2009 the SSPC was attempting to defuse tension after clashes had taken place between Murle and Lou Nuer tribes in the Lokwangole area of Jonglei State.
[3] In October 2009, responding to the recent wave of ethnic violence, SSPC Chairman Louis Lobong Lojore called for the government to take harsh measures to deter others from causing problems.
[5] In June 2006, General Salva Kiir Mayardit, President of the Government of Southern Sudan, appointed Simon Kun Puoch Chairperson and Reverend William Chan Achuil Deputy Chairperson of the SSPC.