PSC/PR/CO
OMM.2 (CCCIIII)
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C
COMMUNIQ
QUÉ OF THE 3
303RD MEETTING OF THE PEACE AND
D SECURITY C
COUNCIL
The Peace and Securrity Council of the African Union (A
AU), at its 30
03rd meetingg,
held on 8 Dece
ember 2011,, adopted the
t
followin
ng decision on the preevention an
nd
comb
bating of terrorism in Africa:
Coun
ncil,
1.
Takes notte of the Reeport of the Chairperson
n of the Com
mmission on
n Terrorism iin
Africaa and the AU’s
A
efforts to addresss this scourgge [PSC/PR (CCCIII)], ass well as th
he
briefiing provided
d by the Special Represeentative of th
he Chairpersson of the Commission iin
chargge of Counte
er‐Terrorism
m Cooperatio
on, Ambassaador Francisco Madeira.. Council alsso
takess note of the
e statement made by thee representaative of the European Union;
2.
Recalls co
ommuniqué PSC/PR/COMM.(CCXLIX
X), adopted at its 249th meeting helld
on 22
2 Novemberr 2010;
3.
Reiterate
es AU’s un
nequivocal rejection of
o terrorism
m in all itss forms an
nd
manifestations. Council
C
stro
ongly condemns the spate of attaccks perpetraated by Bokko
Haram
m in Nigerria, al‐Shabaaab in Som
malia and other
o
countries of the region, th
he
continued atrocitties being co
ommitted byy the Lord R
Resistance Arrmy (LRA) in
n the affecteed
counttries, as we
ell as the kid
dnappings, hostage takking and attacks perpettrated, in th
he
Sahelo‐Saharan aand Northern Africa regions, by Al‐Q
Qaida in the Islamic Magghreb (AQIM
M)
and aassociated groups;
4.
Expressess deep conccern over th
he worseningg scourge of terrorism in Africa an
nd
g
linkkages betweeen terrorissm and tran
nsnational organized
o
crime. In this
the growing
respeect, Council reiterates that the pro
oliferation of
o weapons emanating from Libyaan
militaary depots aand the use of the conttinent as a ttransit routee for narcotiics traffickin
ng
have the potentiaal of furtherr exacerbatin
ng the threat of terrorism
m;
5.
Commend
ds the Com
mmission forr the steps it has takeen to follow
w up on th
he
relevant decision
ns of Counccil and otheer AU organs, includin
ng the assesssment visitts
undertaken to M
Member Statees, capacity building inittiatives, the operationalization of th
he
Coun
nter‐Terrorism Early Waarning Systeem, as well as the co
ollaborative efforts witth
relevant United
d Nations bodies
b
and agencies, in particularr the Countter‐Terrorism
m
Comm
mittee (CTC
C) and its Executive Directoratte (CTED), the Countter‐Terrorism
m
Impleementation TTask Force (CTITF) and tthe Office on
n Drugs and Crime (UNO
ODC);
6.
Reaffirmss the importance of the
t
AU norrmative and
d policy fraamework fo
or
preveenting and combating terrorism, in particu
ular the 19
999 Convention on th
he