Archbishop Tutu hails Solomons Islands reconciliation efforts

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Updated April 30, 2009 10:31:48

South Africa's Nobel Prize winning peace advocate, Archbishop Desmond Tutu has commended Solomon Islands for its reconciliation initiative. Archbishop Tutu says not many nations have the courage to do what Solomon Islands is doing in establishing a Truth and Reconciliation Commission. The Arch Bishop made his comments in Honiara on Wednesday when he launched the Government's Commission of Inquiry into the ethnic conflict in the country.


Presenter Sam Seke

Speakers: Arch Bishop Desmond Tutu, Solomon Islands Prime Minister Derek Sikua, Solomon Islands Governor General Sir Nathaniel Waena

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