Solomon Islands meeting to plan security sector governance | 10th February
Government officials, Members of Parliament, civil society and accountability institutions representatives and security personnel meet in Honiara today to determine priorities and support required to enhance security sector governance here.
The Planning session will be held at Forum Fisheries Agency conference.
Minister of Police and National Security, James Tora will open the session.
Security institutions, such as the police, customs, corrections & military have a special responsibility in society to support human rights and to protect the population from harm.
Security sector governance (SSG) is a means of providing effective and responsive security services to the people, and ensuring security institutions’ are accountable to the law.
It seeks to make people, communities and countries more secure by emphasising that security institutions are accountable to citizens, chiefly through Parliament and regular elections but also through media scrutiny and public consultation and debate.
The Solomon Islands Strategic Planning Session on Security Sector Governance is hosted by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Pacific Centre in partnership with the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat (PIFS)...
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