By Saidou S Baldeh
West African Network for Peace building-Gambia (WANEP) office with stakeholders has held a round table discussion on conflict prevention, which was aimed at strengthening and promoting peace for both national and International partners, held at Senegambia Beach hotel.
Deputizing for the minister of Interior, permanent secretary Assan Tanagara said the two years in the transition process of the Gambia under President Adama Barrow in partnership with International bodies like UN, ECOWAS and EU that has made significant strides to protecting the country new found democratic.
“The peaceful change of government and the increased international support, the legacy of the former representative authoritarian regime possess challenges to a peaceful transition towards democratic governance and respect for rule of law,” he said.
Also speaking on behalf of WANEP at the forum, Momodou B. Bah described the forum as a clear expression of commitment to deepening meaningful collaboration, adding that “the establishment of Truth Reconciliation and Reparation Commission, National Human Rights Council and Constitutional Review Commission as well as the Security Sector Reform is concrete steps to address a legacy of human rights violation and instruments dysfunction.”
He added that the current political climate provide the right timing to deepen collaboration between national and international partners to addressing Gambian desire for peace, justice and consolidation of democratic governance following two decades of authoritarian rule of the former regime.
He said WANEP Gambia have been working with the United Nations Development Program to enhance national capacities for collaboration Peacebuilding and conflict prevention.
Mr. Jallow said in 2018 under the peace and social cohesion output of UNDP consolidating Democratic Governance for Development in the Gambia conducted the conflict and development Analysis CDA.