AU calls for support to create African intervention force by 2010
Posted 4th July 2008 at 03:04 PM by NewsTracker
Sharm-el-Sheikh - The African Union (AU) at its 11th Summit of Heads of State and Government has called for bringing about the necessary financial and technical support for the creation of an African Rapid Intervention Force by 2010.
The African leaders, at the conclusion of their summit in Sharm-el-Sheikh, Egypt on Tuesday, urged the AU Commission, concerned African organisations and groups as well as the member states to implement the recommendations of the African Defence and Security Ministers relating to the rapid intervention force.
This was necessary to speed up its creation.
As for the latest progress on efforts to resolve the conflict between Djibouti and Eritrea, the African leaders "categorically" condemned the use of force.
They cited the need for respecting the sovereignty of the member states, their territorial integrity and independence in conformity with AU charter.
The African Heads of State reiterated their urgent call for normalising the situation on the Djibouti-Eritrea borders.
In this respect, they called for the immediate withdrawal of all the forces positioned on these borders since last February.
They invited all the parts involved to resort to peaceful means to solve disagreements, highlighting the possibility of reaching a formula helping facilitate the resumption of the good neighbourly relations and cooperation as soon as possible.
Concerning the situation in Sudan, the African leaders hailed the renewed commitment of the Sudanese government and the Sudan Popular Liberation Movement to work for the implementation of their peace agreement as well as the implementation of Abyei Protocol, in order to find a final solution to the crisis.
The African leaders underlined the serious repercussions of tensions which mark Sudanese-Chadian relations.
They deplored that the bonds between these two countries were always dominated by "distrust" in spite of the meetings held by the contact group chaired by Libya and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
For this purpose, the relevant resolution adopted by the 11th summit pointed out the agreement signed by the two countries last March in Dakar, by virtue of which they commit to put a term at the activities of armed groups and to prohibit the use of the territories of each of the two countries to undertake activities threatening the stability of the other. – BuaNews-NNN
The African leaders, at the conclusion of their summit in Sharm-el-Sheikh, Egypt on Tuesday, urged the AU Commission, concerned African organisations and groups as well as the member states to implement the recommendations of the African Defence and Security Ministers relating to the rapid intervention force.
This was necessary to speed up its creation.
As for the latest progress on efforts to resolve the conflict between Djibouti and Eritrea, the African leaders "categorically" condemned the use of force.
They cited the need for respecting the sovereignty of the member states, their territorial integrity and independence in conformity with AU charter.
The African Heads of State reiterated their urgent call for normalising the situation on the Djibouti-Eritrea borders.
In this respect, they called for the immediate withdrawal of all the forces positioned on these borders since last February.
They invited all the parts involved to resort to peaceful means to solve disagreements, highlighting the possibility of reaching a formula helping facilitate the resumption of the good neighbourly relations and cooperation as soon as possible.
Concerning the situation in Sudan, the African leaders hailed the renewed commitment of the Sudanese government and the Sudan Popular Liberation Movement to work for the implementation of their peace agreement as well as the implementation of Abyei Protocol, in order to find a final solution to the crisis.
The African leaders underlined the serious repercussions of tensions which mark Sudanese-Chadian relations.
They deplored that the bonds between these two countries were always dominated by "distrust" in spite of the meetings held by the contact group chaired by Libya and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
For this purpose, the relevant resolution adopted by the 11th summit pointed out the agreement signed by the two countries last March in Dakar, by virtue of which they commit to put a term at the activities of armed groups and to prohibit the use of the territories of each of the two countries to undertake activities threatening the stability of the other. – BuaNews-NNN
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