"But the momentum of change needs to continue in order to ensure sustainable improvements, and the council is making progressin delivering improvementsin most of its priorities, " Mr Owen continued.
"The council is making good progressin delivering improvements and has responded constructively to advice from the commissioners and regulators, " he quoted from the report.
Finally, in areas that have been cleared, we are surging diplomatic and civilian resources to ensure that military progress is quickly followed up with real improvementsin daily life.