The African Union Peace and Security Council (AU PSC), under the August presidency of Algeria, convened a significant meeting to deliberate on the "Progress in implementing the roadmap for Silencing the Guns in Africa: Revitalization." This session, opened by Ambassador Mohamed Khaled, Algeria's Permanent Representative to the AU and President of the AU PSC for the current month, underscored Algeria's leadership in addressing ongoing challenges to peace and security across the continent as the 2030 deadline for the initiative approaches. The meeting featured contributions from key figures, including the AU Commissioner for Political Affairs, Peace and Security, Bankole Adeoye, and a briefing from Mohamed Ibn Chambas, the AU High Representative for the "Silencing the Guns" initiative.<\/p>\n
This critical discussion builds upon the comprehensive framework established by the AU's main roadmap for practical steps to silence guns, which was adopted during the 29th ordinary session of the AU Conference in January 2017, rooted in the 2016 Lusaka Roadmap. The initiative is designed to tackle the fundamental causes of conflicts through a multi-faceted approach. It focuses on enhancing political governance, fostering economic development, strengthening social cohesion, ensuring environmental sustainability, and reinforcing peace and security. Furthermore, it prioritizes bolstering mechanisms for conflict prevention and resolution, facilitating post-conflict reconstruction, promoting democracy and the rule of law, and curbing the proliferation of illicit weapons.<\/p>\n
The meeting provided an opportune platform to evaluate the current level of implementation of the "Silencing the Guns" initiative and to follow up on prior council decisions, including the mandate for regular briefings from the AU High Representative. Discussions also explored linking this assessment to the ongoing review of the African Peace and Security Architecture, particularly ahead of the extraordinary AU Summit on strengthening conflict prevention and resolution mechanisms slated for later this month in Luanda. The Council is anticipated to emphasize the imperative of revitalized and effective implementation, identifying and addressing political, institutional, and operational gaps\u2014especially the persistent divide between early warning and early response\u2014while reinforcing preventive diplomacy, mediation capacities, and improving coordination between the AU and regional economic communities. The session is expected to conclude with the adoption of a communiqu\u00e9 outlining the Council's conclusions and recommendations for practical, measurable, and time-bound measures to accelerate implementation towards the 2030 target.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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