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Commonwealth Secretariat press release

Commonwealth Peace Monitoring Group Gets Renewed Mandate

26 January 2000

A multinational police group set up with Commonwealth assistance to help bring an end to ethnic tensions in Solomon Islands will embark on a new phase of its operations with a three-month mandate from 1 February 2000.  

The Commonwealth Multinational Police Peace Monitoring Group (CMPPMG), which includes participants from the Fiji Islands and Vanuatu and enjoys funding support from Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom, has been in Solomon Islands since last October in support of efforts to restore normality following an outbreak of ethnic unrest in that country. It has worked closely with the Commonwealth Secretary-General's Special Envoy, Major-General Sitiveni Rabuka, and will, while continuing its support of the peace process in Solomon Islands, be mandated to co-operate with the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force in promoting the concept of community policing. The Group will from now on be known as the Commonwealth Multinational Police Assistance Group (CMPAG), and will consist of 24 officers, including Solomon Islands nationals.  

The Group's new name and mandate were announced following a meeting held at the South Pacific Regional Centre of the Commonwealth Youth Programme in Honiara on 24-25 January 2000. The meeting was attended by representatives of the participating countries, of the Provincial Government of Guadalcanal and the Solomon Islands Government, as well as senior officials of the Commonwealth Secretariat.  

The meeting was of the view that the CMPPMG had succeeded in achieving its initial objectives of reducing tension in Guadalcanal and facilitating the surrender of weapons by the militants, thus contributing to the implementation of the Honiara Peace Accord and Panatina Agreement of June and August 1999 respectively. The meeting welcomed the Commonwealth's commitment to continue its good offices role in Solomon Islands and reaffirmed the important role of the Commonwealth's Special Envoy.

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