PSC/PR/COMM.1(CCXVI)
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TH
COMMUNIQUE OF THE 216 MEETING OF
THE PEACE AND SECURITY COUNCIL
The Peace and Security Council of the African Union (AU), at its 216th meeting held on 19
February 2010, adopted the following decision on the situation in the Republic of Madagascar:
Council,
1.
Takes note of the Report of the Chairperson of the Commission on the situation in
Madagascar [PSC/PR/2(CCXVI)], as well as the briefings provided by President Joaquim Chissano,
Head of the SADC Mediation Team, representatives of SADC, the United Nations, the International
Organization of La Francophonie and the European Union;
2.
Recalls its previous decisions and statements on the situation in Madagascar, as well as the
decisions adopted by the 14th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the Union held in Addis Ababa
from 31 January to 2 February 2010, and its commitment to the Maputo Agreements of 8 and 9
August 2009 and the Addis Ababa Additional Act of 6 November 2009, which provide the
appropriate framework to restore constitutional order and achieve a comprehensive solution to the
crisis in Madagascar. Council notes the communiqué of the 5th meeting of the International Contact
Group on Madagascar (ICG‐M), held in Addis Ababa on 18 February 2010;
3.
Expresses its full support to the proposals for compromise solutions submitted to the
Malagasy parties by the Chairperson of the Commission during his visit to Antananarivo, on 21 and
22 January 2010, with a view to facilitating the resumption of the implementation process of the
Maputo Agreements of 8 and 9 August 2009 and the Addis Ababa Additional Act of 6 November
2009;
4.
Notes that the Ratsiraka, Ravalomanana and Zafy camps have expressed their general
agreement with the proposed compromise solutions submitted by the Chairperson of the
Commission, while the reaction of the Rajoelina camp does not conform to these proposals. Council
also notes with concern the adoption, in December 2009, by the de facto authorities borne out of
the unconstitutional change, of a series of unilateral measures relating to the conduct of the
Transition, including the repeal of the Transition Charter, which was unanimously agreed to in
Maputo, and the dismissal of the consensus Prime Minister, Eugène Mangalaza, appointed pursuant
to the Maputo Agreements and reconfirmed in his post by the Addis Ababa Additional Act;
5.
Encourages the Chairperson of the Commission, in close collaboration with the Head of the
SADC Mediation Team, to pursue, in the most appropriate manner and in the shortest time, the
efforts already undertaken to overcome the current impasse on the basis of the compromise
solutions that he has submitted;
6.
Strongly demands the de facto authorities borne out of the unconstitutional change of
Government to formally accept, by 16 March 2010, the Maputo Agreements of 8 and 9 August 2009
and the Addis Ababa Additional Act of 6 November 2009, and to revoke any domestic legal
instrument which contains contrary stipulations;
7.
Recalls paragraph 12 of decision Assembly/AU/Dec.279 (XIV) on the situation in Madagascar
adopted by the 14th Ordinary Session of the Assembly, requesting Council to meet in due course to
review the situation and take the required decisions in light of the relevant AU instruments;