PSC/AHG/COMM.2(CCCXXVII)
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COMMUNIQUE
The Peace and Security Council of the African Union (AU), at its 327th meeting held
on 14 July 2012, adopted the following decision on the situation between the Republic of
Sudan and the Republic of South Sudan:
Council,
1.
Takes note of the Report of the Chairperson of the Commission on the Status of
Implementation of the Peace and Security Council communiqué PSC/MIN/COMM/
3.(CCCXIX)of 24 April 2012 on the situation between Sudan and South Sudan[PSC/AHG/
4(CCCXXVII)], and the briefing given by former President Thabo Mbeki, in his capacity as
theChairperson of the AU High‐Level Implementation Panel (AUHIP). Council also takes
note of the statements made by the Presidents of the Republic of Sudan, H.E. Omar Hassan
Al Bashir, and of the Republic of South Sudan, H.E. Salva Kiir Mayardit, as well as of the
statements made by Ethiopia, in its capacity as the Chair of the Inter‐Governmental
Authority on Development (IGAD), the United Nations, and other Member States;
2.
Reiterates the terms of its communiqué PSC/MIN/COMM/3.(CCCXIX), which
articulated a Roadmap on the situation between Sudan and South Sudan, as well as the
communiqué adopted at the 4th meeting of the Sudan‐South Sudan Consultative Forum,
held in Addis Ababa on 22 June 2012,that was convened jointly by the AU and the United
Nations. Council welcomes the adoption by the United Nations Security Council,on 2 May
2012, of resolution 2046(2012), which endorsed the Roadmap, as well as the support
extended to the AU‐led efforts by other bilateral and multilateral partners.Council reaffirms
that the Parties must unconditionally implementall aspects of the Roadmap, and stresses
the importance of continued unity of views and action among the members of the
international community, for the timely and successful implementation of the Roadmap;
3.
Takes noteof the significant reduction in fighting along the border between Sudan
and South Sudan since the adoption of the Roadmap, as well as the progress made by the
Parties on a definition of cessation of hostilities, the exchange of the names of their
monitors to the Joint Border Verification and Monitoring Mechanism (JBVMM), andthe
adoption of the Terms of Reference of the ad‐hoc Committee and appointment of its
members;
4.
Welcomes the acceptance by the Government of the Republic of South Sudan of the
administrative and security map for the Safe Demilitarized Border Zone (SDBZ) submitted by
the AUHIP to the Parties, in November 2011. Council urges the Government of Sudan to
accept this map, as called for in the Roadmap, to enable the full operationalization of all the
security arrangements referred to in paragraph 3 above;
5.
Expresses satisfaction at the withdrawal by both countries of unauthorized armed
forces from Abyei, as required by the Roadmap.��Council notes the continued presence of oil
police from Sudan in the Diffra area, and calls on the Parties to agree on the establishment
of the Abyei Police Service at the next meeting of the Abyei Joint Oversight Committee
(AJOC), as well asto finalize the establishment of the Intergovernmental Task Force for