“UNMIL did not come to Liberia to stay forever. They came on a mandate and that is gradually drawing to a close,” Brown said Tuesday at the Ministry of Information press briefing in Monrovia.
He emphasized that Liberia should not be measured by the number of crimes that take place, but rather by how these crimes can be put under control.
Brown’s statement comes against the backdrop of reports from the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) from January to September 2013 which reported 46 mob violence cases, an increase from 32 during the same period in 2012.
Brown noted that Liberia has experienced mob violence in some counties like Montserrado, Sinoe, Grand Bassa, River Gee and Nimba.
He pointed out that the responsibility of Liberia’s security rests upon elected leaders, community leaders, teachers, parents, mass media and the Liberian
police.
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Information Minister Wants Liberians ‘Take Security In Their Hands’
13 October 2015, 7:17 pm Written by Decontee M. Wesseh
MONROVIA, October 13 (LINA) - Information Minister Lewis Brown has urged Liberians to take the security of the state in their hands.
“UNMIL did not come to Liberia to stay forever. They came on a mandate and that is gradually drawing to a close,” Brown said Tuesday at the Ministry of Information press briefing in Monrovia.
He emphasized that Liberia should not be measured by the number of crimes that take place, but rather by how these crimes can be put under control.
Brown’s statement comes against the backdrop of reports from the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) from January to September 2013 which reported 46 mob violence cases, an increase from 32 during the same period in 2012.
Brown noted that Liberia has experienced mob violence in some counties like Montserrado, Sinoe, Grand Bassa, River Gee and Nimba.
He pointed out that the responsibility of Liberia’s security rests upon elected leaders, community leaders, teachers, parents, mass media and the Liberian
police.
LINA DMW/TSS/PTK