A decade ago when the Blue Helmets arrived to establish sanity in the midst of carnage and mayhem especially in Monrovia, stakeholders in the security sector reform process, anticipating the inevitable departure of the UN peacekeepers, began preparing Liberians to shoulder responsibilities of national security.
Planning and implementation of the security sector reform process, with assistance from the international community, has borne fruit with training of the new Armed Forces of Liberia, police and immigration personnel though inadequate, as well as lawyers, judges and other judicial officers to take charge of national security and the rule of law when the Blue Helmets finally leave.
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