The
West African Network for Peace Building (WANEP Gambia) on Tuesday conveyed a
daylong general assembly at NaNA conference room at Bertil Harding Highway.
The
assembly was geared towards bringing members together to take stock of the
organisation’s achievements and constraints as well as carve a way out.
WANEP
Gambia Chairperson Maria Dacosta said the organisation had conducted a number
of activities and observed various important global days such as the
International Women’s Day, International Day of Peace, United Nations Security
Council Resolution UNSCR 1325, and the entry into force of the Cluster
Munitions Convention.
Also,
with the support of SIDA and DANIDA, the network had conducted activities under
its Youth and Active Non-violence programme, women in peace building programme
and the national early warning systems NEWS programme.
Ms
Dacosta further commended The Gambia government for the enabling working
environment, and other partners such as UNDP, ActionAid International The
Gambia, cluster munitions coalition and the governments of Austria, Denmark and
Sweden.
Chukwuemeka
B. Eze, executive director of WANEP, said the executives of the organisation
continue to show respect and adherence to the constitutional provisions of the
organisation by holding AGM regularly.
He
said WANEP’s principle of ownership of peace building and conflict
transformation is built on the conviction that no one individual can learn to
have the solution to the myriads of challenges in the sub-region and the world
at large.
The
acting coordinator of WANEP Gambia, Anna Jone, said the general assembly is the
highest governing body of WANEP as it is the forum for the approval of general
policies and guidelines for the smooth operations of the network.
