UN Pledges Support To Improve On Rule Of Law In South Sudan
The United Nations has pledged its commitment to support the people of Eastern Equatoria State by improving the state security and judicial system to improve on rule of law. 20 April 2013 The Eastern Equatoria State Governor Louis Lobong Lojore (L) with the UN Assistant Secretary General for Rule of Law and Security Institutions Dmitry Titov (R) in Torit.[Peter Lokale Nakimangole] By Peter Lokale Nakimangole TORIT, 20 April 2013 [Gurtong] –The support includes the rule of law and security institutions notably police and corrections units respectively Speaking at a meeting with the state governor Louis Lobong Lojore in Torit, the UN assistant Secretary-General Dmitry Titov said the mission will continue to embark on different strategies aimed at improving capacity building more particularly on security and judicial sectors in Eastern Equatoria State. He announced his agency’s commitment to invest financial and materially including human resource donation to help develop police and correction sectors so to further improve better performance in service delivery in the state. The leader has identified capacities of South Sudanese Prison servants and judges in the state as below hence requires vigorous concentrations from external nations owing to the fact the South Sudan is just less than two years now in comparison to other nations in the world. The United Nation Assistant Secretary General’s Titov further urged state government to organize more judges to be sent for further courses in order to intentionally boost their skill particularly those with Arabic pattern education background. He constantly affirmed that the UN will persuade the state authorities to identify police and prison officers as well judges to help improve the system to look more professional. “After launching the program, we as UN will continue to maintain training as much as possible police, correction and judges on rule of law. We will encourage the state authorities to send more judges for studies in relevant areas like law so to improve a system to look more Professional,” said Dmitry. Assistance Secretary General also promises to encourage donors and other international Community to come to Eastern Equatoria State and invest in potential areas in order to improve a livelihood of the citizen. “I also promise, we will encourage donors and other international community to come here with real aid because a state needs capacity building and development,” he said. Advising the South Sudanese populace to change their attitudes of civil war and adopt a new system of building their new born nation. Titov recommended the State Authority to promote good trade relationship and prepare better future for South Sudanese young generation. On his turn, governor Lobong welcomed the UN pledge to enhance the security sector as the sector is in dire need of attention. He said the state lacks trained judges as most of the judge’s avaiable in the state had their education in Arabic pattern and need capacity through training to enable the state manage its resources. Posted in: Home, Education, Governance -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "South Sudan Info - The Kob" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
