PSC/PR/COM
MM.(CCXCIX
X)
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COMM
MUNIQUÉ
Th
he Peace an
nd Security C
Council of the African Un
nion (AU), att it 299th meeeting held o
on
22 Novem
mber 2011, adopted thee following decision on the operationalization of the AU‐leed
Regional Cooperattion Initiative again
nst the Lord’s Ressistance Army
A
(LRA
A):
Council,
1.
Taakes note of the re
eport of th
he Chairperson of th
he Commisssion on th
he
operationalization of
o the AU‐‐led Region
nal Cooperaation Initiattive againstt the Lord
d’s
Resistancce Army [PSSC/PR/(CCXC
CVIX)]. Coun
ncil also take
es note of tthe statemeents made by
b
the reprresentatives of affected
d countries,, the Econo
omic Community of Ceentral Africaan
States (ECCAS), the EEuropean Un
nion (EU) and
d the United
d Nations;
2.
Recalls the reelevant provvisions of the Plan of Acction adopteed by the Sp
pecial Sessio
on
of the Assembly
A
off the Union
n on the cconsideration
n and Reso
olution of Conflicts
C
[SP
P/
SSEMBLYY/PS/MAP(I)], held in Tripoli, o
on 31 Auggust 2009, as well as decision
ns
Assemblyy/AU/Dec.29
94 (XV).2 an
nd Assemblyy/AU/Dec.36
69 (XVII) ado
opted by thee Assembly o
of
the Union at its 15th and 17th Ordinary Sessions, held reespectively in
n Kampala, U
Uganda, from
m
ne to 1 July 2
2011. Counccil
25 to 27 July 2010, aand in Malabo, Equatorrial Guinea, ffrom 30 Jun
also recaalls Press Statement PSC/PR/BR (C
CCXCV) ado
opted at its 295th meetting, held 27
2
Septemb
ber 2011. Council further recalls the statementss of the UN SSecurity Council of 21 July
and 14 N
November 20
011 related tto the LRA;
3.
Exxpresses, once again, its deep co
oncern abou
ut the conttinuation of the criminal
activitiess of the LRA and the ressulting seriou
us humanitaarian conseq
quences, as well as abou
ut
the threaat that this situation posses to region
nal security aand stability;;
4.
Co
ommends the
t countriees of the region for the
e cooperatio
on they havve developeed
amongst themselvees, as well as for theeir cooperation with tthe Commission in th
he
ns on the LR
RA, particulaarly the convvening of th
he
implementation of the relevant AU decision
two ministerial mee
etings held in Bangui, Central African Republlic, and in Addis
A
Ababa,
14 October 2
2010 and 8 JJune 2011, rrespectively;;
Ethiopia, on 13 and 1
5.
D
Decides,
pursuant to the request o
of the Assem
mbly of thee Union, as contained in
decision Assembly/A
AU/Dec.369 (XVII), to au
uthorize, as an AU initiaative with th
he support o
of
mmunity, th
he implemen
ntation of th
he Regional C
Cooperation
n Initiative fo
or
the interrnational com
the Elimination of the LRA (RCI‐LLRA), as desccribed in parragraphs 16 to 19 of the report of th
he
Chairpersson of the Commission
n, for an inittial period of
o six (6) months,
m
startting from th
he
adoption
n of the pressent decision, with the mandate, in
n conformityy with the C
Conclusions o
of
the Addiss Ababa regiional ministe
erial meeting on the LRA
A, to:
i.
strengtheen the operaational capab
bilities of the countries affected by the atrocitiees
of the LRA
A,