{"id":368380,"date":"2011-04-05T05:29:41","date_gmt":"2011-04-05T05:29:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/04\/05\/regional-policy-on-peace-and-security-in-the-pipeline\/"},"modified":"2011-04-05T05:29:41","modified_gmt":"2011-04-05T05:29:41","slug":"regional-policy-on-peace-and-security-in-the-pipeline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/05\/regional-policy-on-peace-and-security-in-the-pipeline\/","title":{"rendered":"Regional Policy on Peace and Security in the Pipeline"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"48.143173198483\">\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/><!-- close google_banner_mid div ---><\/p>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.newtimes.co.rw\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/218ad26fnewtimes180.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"The New Times (Kigali)\" title=\"Visit The New Times (Kigali)\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- begin story layout piece here --><\/p>\n<p>Ivan R. Mugisha<\/p>\n<p> 5 April 2011<\/p>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p>Kigali \u2014 As part of bolstering political federation in the East Africa Community (EAC), a regional peace and security strategy will soon be validated before implementation starts in each of the member states.<\/p>\n<p>This was disclosed yesterday by Leonard Onyonyi, a Coordinator in the EAC Secretariat, during the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) session that is currently underway in Kigali.<\/p>\n<p><!-- close google_inset_a div ---><\/p>\n<p>Addressing the legislators, Onyonyi said the regional peace and security protocol is still pending, awaiting legal input before it can be adopted by the council that is scheduled to meet in May this year.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Key on the on-going security programmes is the regional control of small arms and light weapons, through projects funded by German Development Corporation (GIZ) and the European Union,&#8221; Onyonyi said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Through this, over 170,000 arms and 300 tonnes of explosive remnants of war have been collected and destroyed in the region.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He added that member states are required to harmonize their legislations with the Nairobi Protocol on small arms and light weapons to facilitate arms management.<\/p>\n<p>Rwanda and Burundi have completed the process while the other partner states have advanced fairly.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Equipment, such as arms markers and tracers have been given to partner states to enhance stockpile management and electronic record keeping for all state owned and licensed arms,&#8221; Onyonyi 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>Originally posted here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201104050104.html\" title=\"Regional Policy on Peace and Security in the Pipeline\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Regional Policy on Peace and Security in the Pipeline<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Ivan R. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-368380","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - 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