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7.
Reaffirms the importance and continued relevance of the AU normative and policy
framework for preventing and combating terrorism and, in this regard, welcomes the progress
made in the ratification of the 2004 Protocol to the OAU Convention on the Prevention and
Combating of Terrorism. Council calls upon all AU Member States that have not yet done so to sign
and ratify without further delay relevant AU and international instruments. Council also requests all
Member States and Regional Economic Communities that have not yet done so to designate
national and regional Focal Points to facilitate interaction and effective liaison with the ACSRT;
8.
Urges Member States to effectively implement their commitments under AU and
international instruments on terrorism and, in this respect, to take fully advantage of the counter‐
terrorism Model Law to update and strengthen their national legislations;
9.
Stresses the importance of timely exchange and sharing of information, the submission of
annual reports to the Peace and Security Council on measures taken to prevent and combat
terrorism, as well as the notification to Council of all terrorist activities on their territories, as soon
as they occur;
10.
Requests the Commission to intensify the efforts being made towards the elaboration of an
African Warrant Arrest, and to continue to support Member States in adopting comprehensive
counter‐terrorism strategies and strengthening their capacities to respond to terrorism and address
conditions conducive to its occurrence and spread, including through education, counter‐
radicalization and de‐radicalization programs. Council also requests the Commission to initiate the
required activities to update and strengthen, both at continental and international levels, the legal
instruments relating to the prevention and elimination of mercenarism, bearing in mind the proven
links between the two phenomena;
11.
Reiterates AU’s position on the issue of payment of ransom to terrorist and criminal groups
and its appeal to all members of the international community to work together towards the
adoption, by the UN Security Council, of a binding resolution against the payment of ransom to
terrorist groups, as well as towards the launching of negotiations, at the UN General Assembly, to
elaborate a Protocol on the matter;
12.
Emphasizes once again, the imperative to uphold human rights and international
humanitarian law in the efforts to prevent and combat terrorism. In this respect, Council requests
the ACSRT, the African Commission on Human and People’s Rights and the African Court of Justice,
to design appropriate strategies and activities in support of Member States;
13.
Decides to operationalize its Sub‐Committee on Terrorism on the basis of the document on
the mandate, composition and functions of this organ, as submitted by the Commission and
considered at its 311th meeting held on 20 February 2012, which, among others, will make
recommendations on groups, entities and individuals to be included on the AU list of terrorist
groups, entities and individuals;
14.
Decides to remain actively seized of the matter.