RPS
DEPARTMENT OF REGIONAL PEACE & SECURITY
The Department of Regional Peace and Security handles issues related to regional peace and security and other political issues viz: our immediate neighbours; Great Lakes Region; IGAD; AU and related regional political oganisations; geo-political strategic issues (i.e. oil, Nile, Lake Victoria etc.); terrorism; illegal small arms and light weapons; drugs and human trafficking; etc.
The key functions of the Department of Regional Peace and Security are:
- Pursuing the doctrine of 'regional solutions to regional problems supported by the international community' in the management and resolution of regional conflicts.
- Strengthening and promoting preventive diplomacy, peace support and peace building regional initiatives which are consistent with Uganda's national interest.
- Pursing security architecture on the management, protection and sharing of trans - boundary natural resources. In the pursuit of this, it should promote cooperation in the equitable and sustainable exploitation of shared resources.
- Promoting a peaceful strategy/mechanism to address border demarcation issues and finalizing protocols with neighboring countries and depositing them with the AU and UN.
- Strengthening a coordinated and cooperative mechanism between Ministry and other national security agencies.
- Pursuing alternative supply routes including but not limited to securing access to the sea.
HEAD REGIONAL PEACE & SECURITY DEPARTMENT (RPS):
AMBASSADOR JULIUS J. KIVUNA
rps@mofa.go.ug
