All Protocols observed. You have, for more than a week now, been discussing issues relating to rule of law in Post Conflict peace building co-sponsored by the Eastern Africa Standby Force and the Rwanda Peace Academy. The rule of law is key to coordinating peace operations and peace building activities in particular. This is particularly so, because, as we all know conflict situations are very much associated with breakdown of state institutions and trampling on fundamental rights of the citizenry. Hence the need for rule of law in the process of rebuilding the institutions. Peacebuilding consequently implies application of the rule of law which implies a situation in which people begin to respect the fundamental rights of others, the state providing justice and order, and respect for individual freedoms as well as provision of social stability. This is especially important because it offers greater stability to society as a whole. The application of rule of law at the same time places a sense of responsibility to the citizenry; who are obliged to obey constitutional procedures and solve whatever conflicts there may be in accordance with the law. It is therefore, only too obvious, to say that application of the rule of law is a guiding principle of peace building activities. Peace builders all over the world are on the other hand faced with a practical challenge with respect to application of the rule of law because peace operations in general take place where constitutional settings lack authority or are absent. Peace builders, in situations such as these, are therefore expected to contribute to building peace by implementing international legal standards in law broken societies; including helping to re-establish domestic legal structures. It is challenges such as these that make the training course due to be closed even more relevant. It is important for us to remember that justice has a lot to offer in terms of reconciliation and in terms of peace. In the Rwandan case, this is the spirit behind the now popular Gacaca justice system. The rule of law is valuable to securing peace and justice; and construction of a stable post conflict society necessarily demands justice. Indeed every peace builder has to hold peace and reconciliation as top priority.  Ladies and gentlemen, you are aware that Rwanda Peace Academy focus as articulated in its vision is on peace building. We at Rwanda Peace Academy fully agree that you cannot establish stability and security in any post-conflict situation without rule of law. We belong to the thinking that you cannot effectively manage or settle conflicts; prevent emergence or re-emergence of conflicts or establish governance mechanisms whilst ignoring the importance of rule of law and that there is therefore no better framework for peaceful management of conflicts than the rule of law. Again, this underscores the importance of this training course that is about to be closed.  Let me, therefore with these remarks, say that we are very grateful to the Eastern Africa Standby Force Coordination Mechanism for having accepted to collaborate with Rwanda Peace Academy in delivering this training course. We look forward to further collaboration in the near future. Let me also thank the participants whose immense expertise and active participation made the course worthwhile. I hope that, besides deliberating over this very important subject matter, with huge implications on transformation of post-conflict societies, you have had time to enjoy Rwanda. I wish you all safe trip back home. It is now, my singular honour, to invite the representative of the Minister of Defence, who is also our guest of honour, to deliver his remarks and preside over the closing ceremony.