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AMANI FORUM RWANDA CHAPTER HOLDS A REGIONAL PARLIAMENTARY CONFERENCE ON SECURITY IN GREAT LAKES REGION. (10th-12th July 2009). |
In Dar-Es-Salaam Declaration of 19-20 November 2004, on Peace, Security, Democracy and Development within the Great Lakes Region, the Heads of State and Government of the Great Lakes Region decided to establish a regional security framework for the prevention, management and peaceful settlement of conflicts and, to that end, evaluate regularly relevant sub-regional initiatives and mechanisms and adapt them while encouraging appropriate traditional structures. The Heads of State also committed themselves to strengthen cooperation in the area of defence and security and promote confidence building by establishing policies, measures and mechanisms aimed at enhancing good neighbourliness and multi-sectoral cooperation
The same recommendation was formulated by Parliamentarians of the Great Lakes Region during the Conference on Ethnocentrism in the Great Lakes
Region: Responses of AMANI Forum held in Rwanda from 05 to 06 December 2008. At the end of the conference, participants recommended that AMANI Forum gather all Parliamentarians of the Great Lakes Region.
Inter-parliamentary exchanges of this kind are encouraged because they enable a shared awareness in safeguarding peace and continuous finding of sustainable solutions to problems of the Region. Read more in English or French |
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Year Launched : July 2000
Membership as at June 2005 : 80 Parliamentarians
Chairperson : Hon. James Musalika
National Executive Committee : 13 Members
Coordinator : Israel Ilunde
Chapter Office : Parliament of Tanzania, Dodoma
Key activities
Participated in a conference and the launch of the Great Lakes Ecumenical Forum where the Chapter was interacted with faith-based organisations in the Great Lakes Region through FECCLAHA. The conference provided an opportunity for the Chapter to participate in strategies aimed at building relationship of solidarity between Parliamentarians and faith organisations in promoting peace and democracy in the GLR. |
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