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Minister Vincent Biruta's Closing Remarks | National Security Symposium 2024
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5/24/2024
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Honourable Ministers, the Chief of Defence Staff, Service Chiefs, Excellencies, Ambassadors
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and High Commissioners, the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Rwanda, Commandant of
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the RDF Command and Staff College, General Officers and Senior Officers, Distinguished
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Guests, it is my honour to preside over the closing ceremony of yet another successful
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National Security Symposium under the theme Contemporary Security Challenges, the African
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Perspective. Let me start by thanking all the speakers and participants for honouring
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this event with their presence and for actively participating in the different sessions. I
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would like to also commend the Rwanda Defence Force, the University of Rwanda and the Rwanda
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Convention Bureau for the planning and execution of this symposium. We are appreciative of
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your efforts to organise this enriching conference. Distinguished participants, engaging in an
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exercise of this nature is vital to contributing to solutions to our common threats. These
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discussions allow us to harness our strengths and pull together our efforts in addressing
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these challenges. In addition, the different backgrounds of panellists and participants
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in this symposium reflect our strong engagement to tackle security challenges and ensuring
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the safety for our populations. It is my hope that our diverse perspectives will inform
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our course of action to find practical and sustainable solutions to the issues at hand.
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Transforming ideas into actions is always the biggest challenge we face. There are no
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miracle drugs to a given crisis or problem. Rather, we must adopt a multidimensional and
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holistic approach at solving them, focusing on addressing the root causes before the consequences.
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It is my conviction that this symposium has addressed a good portion of the security challenges
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affecting our times and our continent in particular. There is also no doubt that we have extracted
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valuable lessons that will guide our various actions in our various responsibilities.
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Allow me to highlight a few key takeaways of this symposium. We have noted that the
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world is becoming increasingly divided, yet security challenges we face know no boundaries.
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We have also noted that there is a need to collectively redefine our aspirations and
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approaches, otherwise we are likely to create a future that supports our assumptions and biases.
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Last but not least, as a people, we need to identify and focus on the essentials – security,
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dignity and opportunity for all. I thank you for the wake-up call. And as I close, allow
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me also to thank once again the leadership of the RDF and the University of Rwanda for
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organising this important event. You have truly opened up a debate that I hope will
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feed into our individual and collective reflection. I thank you for your kind attention, and I
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wish you all a safe journey to your respective destinations, and hereby declare this symposium closed.
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