PSC/PR/Comm(CXXX) Page 1 COMMUNIQUE OF THE 130TH MEETING OF THE PEACE AND SECURITY COUNCIL At its 130th meeting held on 29 May 2008, the Peace and Security Council of the African Union (AU) adopted the following decision on the situation in the Central African Republic (CAR): Council: 1. Takes note of the Report of the Chairperson of the Commission on the situation in the Central African Republic [PSC/PR/2(CXXX)] and the statement made by the Special Envoy of the Chairperson of the Commission for the Central African Republic, as well as the statements made by the Representative of the Government of CAR, the Office of the United Nations in Central Africa (BONUCA), the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) and the Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa (CEMAC); 2. Notes with satisfaction the efforts deployed by the Government of CAR in the promotion of dialogue, national reconciliation and peace. In this regard, Council welcomes the completion of the preparations for the inclusive political dialogue and urges all concerned parties to participate in the dialogue in a constructive manner and in a spirit of tolerance and mutual respect; 3. Welcomes the signing on 9 May 2008, in Libreville, of the Ceasefire and Peace Agreement between the Government and the People’s Army for Restoration of Democracy (APRD) and pays tribute to President El Hadj Omar Bongo Ondimba in his capacity as the Chair of the Ad Hoc Committee on CAR issues in the CEMAC region for his sustained efforts towards peace in CAR. In this respect, Council urges the signatories, including parties to the previous agreements of Syrte on 2 February 2007 and of Birao on 13 April 2007, to respect the commitments that they made; 4. Expresses its gratitude to the Leaders of the Region, in particular of ECCAS and CEMAC, for their sustained efforts aiming at promoting peace and stability in CAR and urges them to pursue these efforts. In this regard, Council takes note of the decision of the Conference of Heads of State and Government of ECCAS in Brazzaville on 30 October 2007 to transfer authority over the CEMAC Multi-national Force (FOMUC) from CEMAC to ECCAS, as well as the decision of the Cameroonian Government to contribute a 119 strong contingent with a view to reinforcing FOMUC; 5. Welcomes the fruitful cooperation between the AU and the European Union (EU) which has always made it possible since 2004, to provide support to the activities of the FOMUC and encourages the two institutions to reinforce this partnership and to extend it to other key areas of the post-conflict reconstruction programme and socio-economic recovery of CAR; 6. Expresses its concern with the persistence of insecurity in some provinces in the hinterland, as well as along some road networks and with the worsening humanitarian situation in the north of the country; 7. Strongly condemns the recent atrocities committed by the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) of Joseph Kony in the Central African Republic and is deeply