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2014-03-06 10:46:33 WAM FREETOWN, 6th March, 2014 (WAM) -- The United Nations today launched a new phase of support in Sierra Leone with the transitioning of its political mission to a more development-focused UN presence, a sign of the West African nation's sustained recovery from a brutal civil war and an example to follow for countries still grappling with conflict. "Sierra Leone represents one of the world's most successful cases of post-conflict recovery, peacekeeping and peacebuilding," Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said at a press conference alongside Sierra Leonean President Ernest Bai Koroma in Freetown. "Here we have seen great strides towards peace, stability and long-term development," he noted, calling on other countries to draw hope from Sierra Leone's "inspiring example of the power of international solidarity and national resolve to overcome even the most brutal conflicts." Fifteen years after it was established, the UN Integrated Peacebuilding Office in Sierra Leone (UNIPSIL) formally closed and transferred its responsibility to the UN Country Team, which consists of 19 agencies, funds and programmes, based on the UN Development Assistance Framework, known as UNDAF. WAM/AAMIR
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