sentences:  According to John Prendergast of the International Crisis Group, what progress has been made in reconciling the factions that resulted when Riek Machar and Lam Akol's defected from the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) in 1994 is largely the result of the work of the NSCC.However, the European-Sudanese Public Affairs Council, an organization that largely takes a pro-government stance, states that the NSCC is overly entangled with the political leadership and goals of the SPLA.It is a member of the Fellowship of Christian Councils and Churches in the Great Lakes and Horn of Africa.