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promote justice and promote reconciliation within Burundi’s society, and providing
operational support to the functioning of these bodies;
(d) Promoting and protecting human rights, including strengthening national
capacities in that area, as well as national civil society;
(e) Ensuring that all strategies and policies with respect to public finance
and the economic sector, in particular the next Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper
(PRSP), have a focus on peacebuilding and equitable growth, addressing
specifically the needs of the most vulnerable population, and advocating for
resource mobilization for Burundi;
(f) Providing support to Burundi as Chair of the East African Community in
2011 as well as providing advice, as requested, on regional integration issues;
4.
Underscores the need for a smooth transition from BINUB to BNUB;
5.
Underlines the importance of establishing a fully integrated office with
effective coordination of strategy and programmes among the United Nations
agencies, funds and programmes in Burundi, and emphasizes the need for the United
Nations system to support and cooperate fully with BNUB;
6.
Recognizes the primary responsibility of the Government of Burundi for
peacebuilding, security and long-term development in the country, and encourages
the Government of Burundi to pursue its efforts regarding peace consolidation
challenges, in particular democratic governance, the fight against corruption,
security sector reform, justice and the protection of human rights, with a special
focus on the rights of women and children as well as marginalized and vulnerable
minorities;
Encourages the Government of Burundi with the support of BNUB and
7.
other international partners to redouble its efforts to pursue structural reforms aimed
at improving political, economic and administrative governance and tackling
corruption, with a view to setting up strong drivers for sustained and equitable
social and economic growth;
Underscores the importance of security sector reform and urges all
8.
international partners, together with BNUB, to continue supporting the Government
of Burundi’s efforts to professionalize and enhance the capacity of the national
security services and the police, in particular in the fields of training on human
rights and sexual and gender-based violence, and with the view to consolidating
security sector governance;
Commends the Government of Burundi for the completion of the
9.
reintegration of the last groups of children formerly associated with armed groups
and of ex-combatants, encourages the Government to ensure that these results are
sustainable, encourages the Peacebuilding Commission to consider what specific
actions it could undertake to bolster its support to the sustainable reintegration of
war-affected populations and other vulnerable groups, and supports the
Government’s efforts in voluntary civilian disarmament campaign and the launch of
the Police Nationale du Burundi (PNB) arms marking and registration process;
10. Encourages the Government of Burundi, the Peacebuilding Commission,
and its national and international partners to honour the commitments they have
made under the Strategic Framework for Peacebuilding, requests the Peacebuilding
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