The theme of the debate, which was the 24th such event to be organised since the series began in January 2013, was « Security Sector Reform : Retrospective of 2014 and Perspectives in 2015 ». The discussions focused on a presentation maded by the Secretary of the National Security Council, Alain Richard Donwahi.
«The different debates and discussions that have been held so far were marked by the quality of your work. I'm convinced that today's will be of the same standard. This year we had the good fortune of starting with a presentation by Mr. Alain Richard Donwahi who knows better that anyone here the evolution of the security issue in this country, » Mr. Munzu told participants.
He stressed that the link between SSR and Disarmament, Demobilisation and Reintegration (DDR) is extremely important and the two issues must lead the country to achieving a peaceful environment for future elections.
« Preparations for elections must start now. It is therefore opportune that this new series of debates on SSR starts now and we can at the same time assess what has been accomplished thus far, » he added.
In reference to what has been achieved so far in the SSR process, the Secretary of the National Security Council said that some 108 reforms had been proposed and 56% of these had been accomplished.
Mr. Donwahi said that the different reforms were linked to national security, post-crisis reconstruction, law of the sea, democratic control and economic governance among others.
