A Strategy for the Great Lakes
(BRUSSELS2) On 19 June the High Representative and the Commission adopted a joint strategy for the countries of the Great Lakes region. Strategy with 5 axes: 1. Addressing governance issues, particularly with regard to security sector reform, human rights and the rule of law, 2. Guaranteeing sustainable security, in particular by supporting MONUSCO (the united nations mission in the Congo) in its future role (intervention brigade) 3. Fight against poverty and rebuild the economy, 4. Restore confidence between neighbours, 5. Establish a mechanism for reliable international support.
The need to pursue security sector reform with partners
« Security sector reform will require clear commitments from the government and strong coordination among all DRC partners to ensure a coherent platform for intervention, without undermining bilateral cooperation. underlines the communication. “Going to meet other partners”, such as South Africa, Angola and China, will be necessary. When the EUSEC/EUPOL missions “ come to an end, other Union instruments will be mobilised, certain activities will be abandoned or transferred to the DRC or to other partners of the latter Says the document.
The continuation of EUPOL and EUSEC
On the reforms of the army and the police, the document wants to be cautious: it could be considered " support " in part » a set of coherent measures, such as « the provision of advice at the strategic level, the establishment of appropriate training systems, designed at the national level, or even the improvement of human resources management”. Last course of action, depending on the efforts made by the DRC to reform the security sector, it could also be envisaged to support a disarmament, demobilization and reintegration approach (NB: DDR) based on local communities” .
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