The United Nations has allocated 2.3 million euros to support justice and security reform in Sao Tome and Principe, the President of the Commission for the Consolidation of Peace announced this Monday in Sao Tome.
“We’re talking about $2.5 million in funding. This is the first collaboration between São Tomé and the Commission and the Foundation for the Consolidation of Peace, and now we will follow it all,” he told Sergio França Danese after a meeting with the Prime Minister of São Tomé, Patrice Trovoada.
According to the program of the three-day visit, the Permanent Representative of Brazil to the UN, Sergio França Danese, is leading a high-level delegation of the United Nations, which is in Sao Tome with the aim of interacting with all institutions competing for the justice and security system and civil society, as well as involving all persons holding political power, through meetings, deliberations and consultations, in order to have a complete understanding of the main problems and solutions of justice and security reform in the archipelago.
“This mission is a continuation of the contact that the Government of Sao Tome and Principe initiated with the Commission for the Consolidation of Peace, which is a United Nations body whose purpose is to assist countries that voluntarily seek to solve problems that they consider important to them. sustainability, for its development and for its security,” emphasized Sergio Danese.
The delegation intends to fulfill the financial and technical request made by the Prime Minister of Sao Tome at a meeting held at the United Nations headquarters in New York on January 15 this year.
According to the Minister of Justice, Public Administration and Human Rights of Sao Tome and Principe, the funding will be aimed at achieving several results, including consolidating a common vision in the justice reform process, integrating all actors “so that the reform has the desired effect of strengthening justice institutions in sense of consolidating the democratic process, promoting peace and making citizens feel like they have a say in the system.”
“The second goal is to take measures to strengthen institutions, in particular the judicial police, the police at the national level, strengthen the means of prevention and transform our police into forces of pacification,” added Ilsa Amado Vaz in Luse’s statement.
Another goal aims to “strengthen the capacity of the courts in various aspects so that they have sufficient means and capacity to resolve conflicts,” and the third outcome is the involvement of civil society and other partners in the creation of the National Human Rights Commission. which “will partner with the government in improving conditions of justice as well as preserving human rights in the country.”
On Tuesday morning, the delegation will hold a consultative meeting with those responsible for various justice, defense and security institutions, after which they will visit some of them.
In the afternoon there will be a roundtable of partners and donors with the participation of the Prime Minister of Sao Tome, Patrice Trovoada.
A meeting with civil society is expected on Wednesday, a high-level meeting with the Prime Minister of Sao Tome and the signing of financial support to support justice and security reform in Sao Tome and Principe.
Author: Lusa
Source: CM Jornal
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