Our Vision and Objectives for National Security Our vision for Vanuatu’s national security as we journey through the next decades is for safety and security for all our peoples, through a unified national security system that anticipates threats, protects the nation, builds resilience, and shapes our environment in Vanuatu’s interest. Our national security objectives to realise that vision are: To ensure a safe, stable, and prosperous society, and protection of our values: • The protection of all people in Vanuatu, ensuring their safety; • Maintenance of justice and the rule of law, balancing the formal and traditional justice systems; • A high level of human security; • Development that is sustainable; • A resilient population and nation, able to anticipate and respond to disasters and climate change. 14 Part 1. National Security in a complex world To protect and strengthen our sovereignty: • Independence of our decisionmaking; • Control over our territory and resources, including in our EEZ; • Exclusion of organised crime and malicious non-state actors.