Decision on the Situation in the Comoros

DECISION ON THE SITUATION IN THE COMOROS

The Assembly:

1. REGRETS that all the efforts so far deployed to resolve the crisis in the Comoros have not yielded the expected positive response from the illegal authorities of Anjouan and STRESSES that the persistence of that situation constitutes a serious threat to the reconciliation processes in the Comoros;

2. EXPRESSES its understanding of the frustration of the Comorian population and the authorities of the Union in view of the absence of tangible progress regarding the restoration of State authority in Anjouan and the organization of free, fair and transparent elections, as stipulated in the relevant Communiques of the Ministerial Committee of the countries of the region;

3. REQUESTS all Member States capable of doing so to provide the necessary support to the Comorian Government in its efforts to restore, as quickly as possible, the authority of the Union in Anjouan and to put an end to the crisis born out of the persistent refusal by the illegal authorities of Anjouan to comply with the relevant texts governing the functioning of the Union of the Comoros. In this regard, the Assembly REQUESTS the Peace and Security Council (PSC) and the Commission to mobilize the assistance of Member States to the Union of Comoros;

4. EXPRESSES ITS APPRECIATION for the work accomplished by the African Union Electoral and Security Assistance Mission (MAES) to the Comoros and APPEALS to Member States to provide the necessary support to strengthen MAES so as to enable it to effectively carry out its mandate as spelt out by the PSC;

5. URGES the United Nations Security Council to adopt a resolution endorsing the sanctions imposed on the illegal authorities of Anjouan by the PSC of the AU since 10 October 2007.