cover image: SPOTLIGHT - STRATEGIC INITIATIVES FOR - IMPROVING SECURITY IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA: THE SECURITY AND

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SPOTLIGHT - STRATEGIC INITIATIVES FOR - IMPROVING SECURITY IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA: THE SECURITY AND

26 Mar 2024

kidnapped, raped and held captive, with the 40 armed men The functions of the PNG-CDC, membership of the corps, demanding K40,000 and 10 pigs as ransom (Yanei & Kuku, staff of the corps, Districts and District commands of the 9 June 2023), reinforcing the need to initiate a PNG-specific corps, financial provisions of the corps, discipline of corps security plan to safeguard residents in remote geo. [...] At present, the civil defence force • check over the premises of private security companies in Nigeria is a para-military organisation owned by the and their faculties; and, Government of Nigeria and is entrusted with the protection • assist the PNG Fire Services in fire-fighting operations of the civil population and Nigeria against threats, any during emergencies. [...] The representatives of the PNGDF on the In the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the mission of Civil board of PNG-CDC will oversee the paramilitary Defence is to enhance the quality of life in the community 2 S POTLIG HT using smart delivery of safety and security services in an of the PNG-CDC before extending it to other innovative environment to save lives, honours, and properties regions. [...] The PNG Department of Education, and the In the UAE, the entities responsible for security and safety Department of Higher Education and Research, are like the security entities in PNG. [...] The insights provided in this paper could Research Institute (NRI) in collaboration with the assist the GoPNG in constituting and operating the PNG- PNGCS, and Department of Justice and Attorney- CDC as a trial for a few years before introducing it to address General (DJAG) to write the draft of the Act to security issues in the other three regions which are Momase, establish the PNG-CDC.
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5
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Papua New Guinea