Assembly/AU/Dec.273(XIV) Page 1 DECISION ON THE TERRORIST ATTACK AGAINST THE TOGOLESE NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM The Assembly, 1. STRONGLY CONDEMNS the terrorist act of 8 January 2010 against the Togolese National Football Team attending the African Nations Cup tournament in the Angolan Province of Cabinda, on the border between the Republic of Angola and the Republic of Congo; 2. REAFFIRMS that terrorism is an abominable and condemnable act aimed at destabilizing the peace and security of all peoples; 3. RECALLS the principles enshrined in the Constitutive Act of the African Union, the 1999 OAU Convention on Preventing and Combating Terrorism (Algiers Convention) and the 2004 Protocol, the relevant legal instruments of the United Nations and other International Conventions relating to the fight against terrorism, all of which equally condemn the support, sheltering and financing of terrorists groups; 4. REAFFIRMS its resolve to fight terrorist acts in Africa and in the world, and APPEALS to all African and Non–African countries to abstain from promoting, protecting, supporting, sheltering and harbouring terrorists groups; 5. URGES countries from where the terrorist act was organized, planned and later claimed to cooperate with the Government of Angola in arresting and bringing to justice those responsible for the act; 6. ENCOURAGES those countries not to allow permanent residence in their territories to those with known terrorist backgrounds and to take necessary measures to prevent the use of their territories for planning and carrying out terrorist attacks against African countries; 7. CALLS ON the international community, notably Member States and relevant international organizations, to fully cooperate with the Angolan Authorities in bringing the perpetrators of this heinous act to justice. Adopted by the Fourteenth Ordinary Session of the Assembly in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on 2 February 2010