{"id":366996,"date":"2011-03-30T01:40:35","date_gmt":"2011-03-30T01:40:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/30\/un-backs-reform-of-security-agencies\/"},"modified":"2011-03-30T01:40:35","modified_gmt":"2011-03-30T01:40:35","slug":"un-backs-reform-of-security-agencies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/30\/un-backs-reform-of-security-agencies\/","title":{"rendered":"UN Backs Reform of Security Agencies"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"61.721761006289\">\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/><!-- close google_banner_mid div ---><\/p>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.un.org\/apps\/news\/region.asp?Region=AFRICA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/f19e86d1unnews180.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"UN News Service (New\u00a0York)\" title=\"Visit UN News Service (New\u00a0York)\" \/><\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p><!-- begin story layout piece here --><\/p>\n<p>29 March 2011<\/p>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p>The United Nations has pledged its &#8220;enthusiastic&#8221; support for security sector reform in Guinea as the West African country transitions into a democracy after decades of dictatorships, coups and bloodshed.<\/p>\n<p>The UN reiterates its desire &#8220;to work very closely with the Government and other partners to assure its full success,&#8221; Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon&#8217;s Special Representative for West Africa Said Djinnit told a three-day national seminar on security reform, which opened yesterday in Conakry, the capital.<\/p>\n<p><!-- close google_inset_a div ---><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The United Nations supports the new Guinea in other efforts, too, for reform and institutional and economic rebirth to meet the legitimate aspirations of its people for change and well-being,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>He paid tribute to President Alpha Cond\u00e9 and his Government for their commitment to see &#8220;crucial&#8221; security reform through to a successful conclusion in a country that only a year and a half ago suffered an explosion of violence when soldiers shot, raped and attacked hundreds of civilians, killing at least 150.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Cond\u00e9&#8217;s election in November was the final stage of an interim Government&#8217;s efforts to set the stage for democracy after the forces of Captain Moussa Dadis Camara, who seized power in a coup in 2008 after the death of long-time president Lansana Cont\u00e9, carried out that massacre in September 2009. Mr. Cont\u00e9 himself became head of State in a military coup after president Ahmed S\u00e9kou Tour\u00e9, Guinea&#8217;s leader since its independence from France in 1958, died in 1984.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Djinnit heads the UN Office for West Africa (UNOWA), the world Organization&#8217;s first regional conflict prevention and peacebuilding office, which was set up in 2002 to better address the cross-border impact of conflict and harmonize UN activities in the sub region.<\/p>\n<p>Addressing the Security Council in December, he urged other troubled West African States to learn from Guinea&#8217;s example. Efforts by the international community, regional organizations and the UN to restore stability in Guinea have &#8220;ultimately succeeded in pushing back the frontiers of political scepticism and despair in this country,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p><!-- end story layout piece here --><\/p>\n<p><!-- close google_banner_subbody div ---><\/p>\n<fieldset>\n<legend align=\"center\"><b>More News on allAfrica.com<\/b><\/legend>\n<\/fieldset>\n<p>AllAfrica &#8211; All the Time<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Follow this link:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201103300028.html\" title=\"UN Backs Reform of Security Agencies\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">UN Backs Reform of Security Agencies<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> 29 March 2011 The United Nations has pledged its &#8220;enthusiastic&#8221; support for security sector reform in Guinea as the West African country transitions into a democracy after decades of dictatorships, coups and bloodshed. 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