Kuwait: security sector's reforms should comply with SGD 16

(MENAFN- Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) NEW YORK, June 21 (KUNA) -- Kuwait said Friday reforming the security sector should take place in line with goal 16 of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which should include all parties concerned in order to promote role of prevention.
This came in a speech by First Secretary Jawaher Al-Sabah before a meeting of a team, affiliated to the UN Security Council, tasked with exploring means to prevent and solve conflicts in Africa.
She said efforts by governments, UN and parties concerned should be joined by regional and sub-regional organizations in order to reform security sector.
Al-Sabah said a country has a sovereign right to determine how to reform the security sector. "Every country has its own nature and circumstances," she added.
Any peace and stability operation in a conflict zone should be comprehensive with the objective of achieving sustainable peace coupled with national dialogue, respect of human rights and justice, she said.
Al-Sabah said weaknesses in some security sectors posed a threat to international peace and security. "We look forward reforms carried out by the Secretary General have positive impacts on reforming this sector," she added.
Al-Sabah noted UN Security Council resolutions 2157 and 2086 which showed the relation between security sector's reform and national property. (end)
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