PSC/PR/Comm(XXIX)
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COMMUNIQUE OF THE 29TH MEETING
OF THE PEACE AND SECURITY COUNCIL
The Peace and Security Council (PSC) of the African Union (AU), at its 29th
meeting, on 12 May 2005, adopted the following decision on the situation in
Somalia:
Council,
Welcomes the Report of the Chairperson of the Commission on the
Outcomes of the Fact-Finding/Reconnaissance Mission to Somalia and the
IGAD Military Planning Meetings [PSC/PR/2(XXIX)];
1.
Notes with serious concern the difficulties facing the reconciliation
process, particularly as regards the stabilisation of the security situation and
the delayed relocation of the Transitional Federal Institutions (TFIs) to
Somalia, and stresses that, in the absence of speedy progress on the critical
issues facing the reconciliation process, the hard-won gains of the IGAD-led
Reconciliation Conference could be undermined, with far-reaching
consequences for Somalia and the region as a whole;
2.
3.
Takes note of the efforts deployed by the Transitional Federal
Government (TFG), the other TFIs and the Somali parties, to resolve the
problems facing the reconciliation process, including the recently announced
Mogadishu Security and Stabilisation Plan (MSSP). Council further notes the
bill adopted, on 11 May 2005, by the Transitional Federal Parliament (TFP) on
the issue of the relocation of the TFG and the deployment of the IGAD Peace
Support Mission to Somalia (IGASOM), and urges the TFIs and the Somali
parties to continue to engage in dialogue with a view to reaching the broadest
possible consensus on these issues, as well as on the modalities for
disarmament and the stabilisation of the security situation in Somalia. Council
further urges the TFG to intensify dialogue with all the Somali stakeholders
with a view to deepening the reconciliation process;
4.
Authorises the deployment of Phase I of IGASOM, as agreed upon by
the 24th Ordinary Session of the IGAD Council of Ministers, held in Nairobi, on
17 –18 March 2005, to undertake the following:
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facilitate the relocation of the TFIs;
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provide protection to the TFIs, as appropriate, to enable them
carry out their functions;