57 - ITAB interns. The activities carried out for the protection and the improvement of the environment seek to achieve three objectives, namely: - The institutional and technical capacity building of the environmental Departments; - The promotion of the national natural resource management policy and - The promotion of the use of natural resources and the improvement of the area. The building of institutional and technical capacities focused on pursuing the harmonization of the instruments which promote coordinated action to effectively safeguard the environment. The ongoing activities in this context are: - The finalization and adoption of the regulatory instruments relative to the strengthening and harmonization of the legal framework on the use of natural resources and - The implementation of the International Conventions on the Environment ratified by Burundi. Within the framework of the monitoring and implementation of the International Conventions, programmes and projects for the rational management of the Environment were initiated while seminars and workshops were organized for the stakeholders. Article 23: The Right to Peace and Security 1. All peoples shall have the right to national and international peace and security. The principles of solidarity and friendly relations implicitly affirmed by the Charter of the United Nations and reaffirmed by that of the Organization of African Unity shall govern relations between States. 2. For the purpose of strengthening peace, solidarity and friendly relations, State Parties to the present Charter shall ensure that: a) any individual enjoying the right of asylum under ARTICLE 12 of the present Charter shall not engage in subversive activities against his country of origin or any other State Party to the present Charter; b) their territories shall not be used as bases for subversive or terrorist activities against the people of any other State Party to the present Charter. 23.1. Negotiation of the Cease fire The Government of Burundi concluded on the 6 September 2007 a global ceasefire Accord with the PALIPEHUTU FNL, the sole armed movement which had pursued hostilities.