ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, May 19, 2017/APO/ --
The Peace and Security Council (PSC) of the African Union (AU), at its 685th
meeting held in Addis Ababa on 12 May 2017, considered the renewal of
the mandate of the Regional Cooperation Initiative for the Elimination
of the Lord’s Resistance Army (RCI-LRA) and adopted the following
decision:
Council,
1. Takes note of the Report of the Chairperson of
the Commission on the Status of the Implementation of the RCI-LRA
(PSC/PR/RPT. (DCLXXXV), as well as the introductory remarks of the
Commissioner for Peace and Security, delivered on his behalf by the
Acting Director for Peace and Security. Council also takes note
of statements made by representatives of the RCI-LRA member countries,
namely: the Central African Republic (CAR), the Democratic Republic of
Congo (DRC), and Uganda; and Gabon, in its capacity as Chair of the
Economic Community of Central Africa States (ECCAS). Council further takes note
of statements made by the representatives of the United Nations(UN),
the European Union (EU) and the United States of America (USA);
2. Recalls all its previous decisions and
pronouncements on the fight against the LRA, particularly the communiqué
[PSC/PR/COMM.(CCXCIX)] of its 299th meeting held on 22
November 2011, authorizing the deployment of the RCI-LRA, and the
Communiqué(PSC/PR/COMM.(DCI) adopted at its 601st meeting held on 30 May 2016, in which Council endorsed the Conclusions of the 5th Ministerial Meeting of the Joint Coordination Mechanism (JCM) of the RCI-LRA, held in Addis Ababa, on 20 May 2016;
3. Also recalls the decisions of the Summit of the
RCI-LRA member countries adopted in Addis Ababa, on 29 January 2017, in
the margins of the 28th Ordinary Session of the AU Assembly of Heads of State and Government. Council further recalls the Conclusions of the 6th Ministerial meeting of the JCM, held in Addis Ababa, on 30 March 2017.
4. Notes with satisfaction the progress made by
the RCI-LRA towards the elimination of the LRA, particularly through the
operations conducted by the Regional Task Force (RTF), which have
significantly degraded the fighting capacity of the LRA. In this regard,
Council commends RCI-LRA troop contributing countries for their relentless commitment to defeat the LRA. Council also commends the troops of the RTF for their commitment in the fight against the LRA, pays particular tribute to the RTF soldiers who paid the ultimate sacrifice and those who have sustained injuries in line of duty;
5. Expresses its deep appreciation to all AU partners, notably the USA, the EU and the UN, for their continued support to the RCI-LRA and urges
them to enhance their support, with a view to enabling the RTF to
pursue and intensify its action towards the elimination of the threat
that LRA continues to pose to the promotion of peace, security and
stability in the region
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