PSC/PR/COMM(CCCVII)
COMMUNIQUÉ
The Peace and Security Council of the African Union (AU), at its 307th meeting, held on 9
January 2012, considered the partnership between the African Union and the United Nationson
peace and security, and adopted the following decision:
Council,
1.
Takes note of theReport of the Chairperson of the Commission on the Partnership
between the AfricanUnion and the United Nations on Peace and Security: Towards Greater
Strategic and Political Coherence[PSC/PR/2.(CCCVII)]. Council also takes note of the statements
made by the Commissioner for Peace and Security,the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kenya,the
representatives ofAlgeria, Egypt and Mozambique, as well as by the representatives of the
United Nations, the European Union, the United Kingdom and the United States;
2.
Commends the Chairperson of the Commissionfor his comprehensive and forward‐
looking Reporton the AU’s strategic vision of the cooperation between the African Union and
the United Nations on peace and security, issued pursuant to paragraph 31 of decision
Assembly/AU/Dec.338 (XVI), adopted by the Assembly of the Union, at its 16th Ordinary Session
held in Addis Ababa, on 30 and 31st January 2011;
3.
Notes thatthe UN Secretary‐Generalhas issued,on 29 December 2011,a report on
United Nations‐African Union cooperation on peace and security (S/2011/805), in which he
provides an update on AU‐UN cooperative efforts on peace and security and recommendations
on ways to further strengthen the cooperation with the AU, buildingon his earlier report of 14
October 2010 (S/2010/514), in which he stressed that “the complex challenges of today’s world
require a revitalised and evolving interpretation of Chapter VIII of the United Nations Charter”.
Council expresses its gratitude to Secretary‐General Ban Ki‐moon for his commitment to work
closely with the AU and forhis efforts to deepen earlier UN Secretariat initiatives to develop a
complementary relationship between the UN and regional arrangements;
4.
Notes with appreciation the sustained attention that the UN Security Council continues
to devote to the promotion of peace and security in Africa, within the framework of its mandate
under the UN Charter;
5.
Recalls its previous communiqués and press statements on the partnership between the
AU and the UN on peace and security, including its communiqué PSC/PR/Comm.(CLXXVIII)and
press statement PSC/PR/BR.2(CCVII), adopted at its 178th and 206th meetings, held respectively
on 13 March 2009 and 15 October 2009, in which it, among others: (i) welcomed the report of
the African Union‐United Nations Panel (Prodi Panel) established under Security Council
resolution 1809 (2008) to consider the modalities for support to African Union peacekeeping
operations (A/63/666‐ S/2008/813), (ii) stressed that regional arrangements, in particular the
AU, have an important role to play in the prevention, management and resolution of conflicts,
in accordance with Chapter VIII of the UN Charter, and (iii) emphasised that support by the UN
to regional organisations in matters relating to the maintenance of international peace and
security is an integral part of collective security as provided for in the UN Charter;
6.
Welcomes the progress made in the partnership between the AU and the UN on
matters related to peace and security, within the context of Chapter VIII of the UN Charter and
Article 17 of the Protocol relating to the Peace and Security Council;