Security in the DRC
Supporting Security Sector Reform in the DRCSecurity sector reform (SSR) is a cornerstone of the peacebuilding process in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and is a core element of the mandate of the United Nations Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUC), established in 1999 to support the implementation of the Lusaka Peace Accord.
Although it is generally recognised that SSR should be treated as a long-term process that ought to be addressed from the early stages of a peacekeeping mission, SSR in the DRC has advanced slowly.
This is in part due to the prioritisation of elections, delays in the disarmament, demobilisation and reintegration (DDR) process, and an initial lack of strategic clarity on the part of both the national and international actors with regards to what an SSR process should entail.
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