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Demands the scrupulous respect of all provisions of the Libreville Agreementsand the
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transitional arrangements for the governance of the country stipulated therein, as well as the
immediate restoration of constitutional order;
Decides, in the light of the foregoing, to immediately suspend the participation of the CARin all
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AU activities, as well as to impose sanctions, including travel ban and assetfreeze, onleaders of the
Seleka group, as indicated in the attached Annex, pending the submission by the Commission of a more
exhaustive list as requested by Council, in paragraph 6 of communiquéPSC/PR/Comm.(CCCLXII) of 23
March 2013;
Calls upon all Member States to take the necessary measures to completely isolate the
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perpetrators of the unconstitutional change in the CAR, to deny them any sanctuary and cooperation, as
well asto facilitate the implementation of any other measures that would be taken by the AU, including
the judgment of the perpetrators of the unconstitutional change, as provided for in Article 25 (5) of the
African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance,in order to ensure the immediate restoration
of constitutional order. In this context, Council recalls the provisions of Article 7 (2, 3 & 4) of the
Protocol Relating to the Establishment of the AU Peace and Security Council, as well as of Article 16 of
the said Protocol and other AU instruments, which give the Union the primary responsibility for
promoting peace, security and stability in Africa, within the framework of the African Peace and Security
Architecture;
Urges the AU’s international partners, including the Security Council and its members, the
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European Union, the InternationalOrganization of LaFrancophonie and other partners, to expeditiously
take stiff measures to reject the fait accompli, hold the perpetrators of the unconstitutional change
responsible for their actions and their consequences, including the looting and atrocities underway,as
well as to ensure the restoration of constitutional order and the scrupulous implementation of all the
provisions of the Libreville Agreements. In this context, Council looks forward to the decisions of the
envisaged meeting of the United Nations Security Council. Council requests the Chairperson of the
Commission to urgently transmit this communiqué to the UN Security Council and to all other AU
partners;
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Calls on the Commission to initiate the necessary consultations with ECCAS, the UN and other
international stakeholders to facilitate effective and coordinated international response to the situation
in the CAR. Council emphasizes, in particular, the importance of close cooperation with the UN in
addressing the current crisis in the CAR;
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Decides to remain actively seized of the situation.