Assembly/AU/Dec.369(XVII)
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DECISION ON THE REPORT OF THE PEACE AND SECURITY
COUNCIL ON ITS ACTIVITIES AND THE STATE OF
PEACE AND SECURITY IN AFRICA
Doc. Assembly/AU/4(XVII)
The Assembly,
1.
TAKES NOTE of the Report of the Peace and Security Council on its Activities
and the State of Peace and Security in Africa, including the Report of the Panel of
the Wise on its activities, as contained in Annex II;
2.
RECALLS Decision Assembly/AU/Dec. 338 (XVI) Rev.1 adopted at its Sixteenth
Ordinary Session held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia from 30 to 31 January 2011, and
the Declarations on the State of Peace and Security in Africa, adopted by the
275th meeting, at ministerial level, of the Peace and Security Council (PSC)
[PSC/MIN/BR.1 (CCLXXV)] and the Extraordinary Session of the Assembly of the
Union, held in on 26 April and 25 May 2011, respectively in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
[EXT/ASSEMBLY/AU/ Decl. (01.2011)]. The Assembly UNDERSCORES the
need for sustained efforts to ensure their effective implementation;
3.
NOTES that Africa continues to face serious challenges in the area of peace and
security, despite the significant progress made in conflict resolution and peace
building. The Assembly UNDERSCORES the need to deploy greater and better
coordinated efforts, based on Africa's ownership and leadership, to promote
sustainable peace, security and stability on the continent, and CALLS ON
international partners to place their actions firmly within this framework;
4.
TAKES NOTE of the efforts of both the Commission and the Regional Economic
Communities/Regional Mechanisms for Conflict Prevention, Management
and Resolution (RECs/RMs), to finalize the operationalization of the African
Peace and Security Architecture, and UNDERSCORES the need to accelerate
this process;
5.
COMMENDS the Southern African Development Community (SADC) for its
efforts to facilitate the return to constitutional order in Madagascar on the basis of
its "Roadmap for a way out of the crisis in Madagascar," as endorsed by the
SADC Extraordinary Summit held in Sandton, South Africa, on 11 and 12 June
2011. The Assembly CALLS UPON SADC and the AU to continue to work
together to find a consensual and sustainable solution to the crisis, in full
compliance with the relevant instruments of the AU relating to unconstitutional
changes of government, and to mobilise, to this end, the support of the
international community, including through the early holding of a meeting of the
International Contact Group on Madagascar;
6.
WELCOMES the completion of the implementation process of the 16 June 2010
Agreement on the Management of the Interim Period in the Comoros, and
URGES the Comorian stakeholders to persevere in their efforts to consolidate the
gains made. The Assembly REAFFIRMS that Mayotte belongs to the Union of the