that oversees the area of Justice notes that progress is being made in referred area since that matter is being dealt with in the development of legal reform in the country in the domain of Strategic Legal Reform of the Judiciary Sector. It was also assured that the outstanding international codes and standards are in their course for ratification and those ratified by the Parliament (AR) are being implemented. The training of Judiciary and legal practitioners on the impact of the international law on the Mozambican legislation is also underway. 2. With regards to the recommendation of the APR Panel on the need for the country to create a depositary for all international agreements to which Mozambique is signatory, the Government ensured that the international agreements are remain deposited in the Ministry of Justice, and their consultation is open to the public without any hindrance whatsoever. 3. Meanwhile, as it is referred to in Chapter II, the Parliament also introduced a Department that, among other issues, preserve and follow up the implementation of all norms and agreements ratified by the Parliament. 4. Notwithstanding the Government´s efforts to integrate international norms into domestic legislation, as well as ratification of international codes and standards which are available for public consultation, challenges are imposed to the country on regard to the effective implementation of international legislation for example, legislation on children and environment which deserves more attention by the judiciary practitioners although judges on regular basis benefit from training in these areas and obtained technical knowledge on such legislation. The examples of the above are the Judges orders produced by competent courts. Objective 1: Prevent and reduce intra and interstate conflicts The APR Panel recommended the country to pay, as a matter of urgency, the outstanding pensions of demobilized soldiers and assist those who are still not integrated (i); Disarm RENAMO guards, (ii); Establish modalities for attaining lasting and genuine reconciliation between FRELIMO and RENAMO, and put an end to discriminatory political, economic and social policies (iii) and to remove FRELIMO party cells from public Institutions (iv). 5. In relation to the APR Panel´s recommendation on the need for urgent payment of pensions and reintegrate the former demobilized soldiers in order mitigate potential conflict, the Government assured that in the context of State Budget, payment of pensions are being made to the former soldiers both from FRELIMO and RENAMO. Indeed, and in the context of Social Protection, the Government fixed in 2010, 4.937 pensions under the implementation of the new General Statute for Civil Servants and State Agents (GdM, 2010). As for 2011 and as an example, under the Law N°3/2002, of 17 of January, about 6.140 processes were dealt with and fixed 8.010 pensions of the former soldiers in the provinces of Cabo Delgado, Zambézia and Tete. (GdM, 2011). 6. Apart from such efforts, the Government is engaged in the implementation of a social inclusion programme oriented to the former soldiers. This is done through 18

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