Mauritania / Communiqué of the 182nd meeting of the peace and security council of the African Union
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, March 27, 2009/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The Peace and Security Council of the African Union (AU), at its 182nd meeting held on 24 March 2009, discussed the modalities for the implementation of the communiqué adopted at its 168th meeting held on 5 February 2009, on the situation in the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, and took the following decision:
Council,
Takes note of the briefing by the Commission and welcomes the efforts being deployed within the framework of the implementation of the Communiqué of its 168th meeting;
Reaffirms its commitment to the relevant provisions of the Constitutive Act, the Protocol Relating to the Establishment of the PSC, the Algiers Decision of 1999 and the Lomé Declaration of 2000 on Unconstitutional Changes of Government, as recalled by the Assembly of the Union in decision Assembly/AU/Dec.222 adopted at its 12th Ordinary Session held in Addis Ababa from 1 to 4 February 2009;
Recalls the relevant provisions of the Communiqués PSC/MIN/Comm.3(CLXII) and PSC/PR/(CLXVIII) adopted at its 163rd and 168th meetings held on 22 December 2008 and 5 February 2009, respectively;
Reaffirms its decision of sanctions against all persons, both civilian and military, whose activities are designed to maintain the unconstitutional status quo in Mauritania. In this regard, Council decides that the sanctions shall apply to:
Members of the High Council of State;
Members of the Government;
All other persons, both civilian and military, whose activities are designed to maintain the unconstitutional status quo in Mauritania.
Council, in this respect, requests the Commission of the African Union to establish, within one month from this date, a detailed list of the above categories of persons;
Decides to remain seized of the matter.
SOURCE : African Union Commission (AUC)
