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constitutional order, through the organization of free and fair elections, in
conformity with the principles of the African Union.
11. We welcome the progress being made in the peace process in Liberia, in
accordance with the Comprehensive Peace Agreement signed at Accra, Ghana, in
August 2003. We note, however, that there is still much to be done to ensure
that peace is truly consolidated in that country. In that regard, we call on the
parties to fully re-commit themselves to that agreement and to vigorously pursue
the completion of the Disarmament, Demobilization, Rehabilitation and
Reintegration programme. We also call for the creation of conducive conditions
for the holding of Presidential and Parliamentary elections in October 2005, as
stipulated in the Comprehensive Peace Agreement.
12. We are gravely concerned by the conflicts in Darfur, the Sudan, in Somalia
and in Côte d’Ivoire, which are the subject of the to our deliberations during at
the 10th Meeting of our Council.
13. With the tenth anniversary of the commemoration of the Rwandan
Genocide of 1994, still fresh in our minds, we insist that the findings and
recommendations of the International Panel of Eminent Personalities, as
contained in their Report, "Rwanda: The Preventable Genocide", must serve as
the basis for ensuring that the ultimate crime of genocide shall never again
deface this continent.
14. We request the Chairperson of the Commission of the African Union to
follow-up on all these conflict situations and make recommendations onto keep
the Council seized on future developments how best we can effectively address
each of them.
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