{"id":66030,"date":"2016-03-15T12:59:58","date_gmt":"2016-03-15T10:59:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/the-581st-meeting-of-the-aupsc-on-the-latest-developments-in-the-situation-in-guinea-bissau\/"},"modified":"2016-03-15T12:59:58","modified_gmt":"2016-03-15T10:59:58","slug":"the-581st-meeting-of-the-aupsc-on-the-latest-developments-in-the-situation-in-guinea-bissau","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/the-581st-meeting-of-the-aupsc-on-the-latest-developments-in-the-situation-in-guinea-bissau\/","title":{"rendered":"The 581st meeting of the AUPSC on the latest developments in the situation in Guinea-Bissau"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span dir=\"ltr\"> ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, March 15, 2016\/APO (African Press Organization)\/ &#8212; <\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Peace and Security Council of the African Union (AU), at its 581st\u00a0meeting, held on\u00a09 March\u00a02016, received\u00a0a briefing provided by Commissioner for Peace and Security on the latest developments in the situation in Guinea-Bissau.<\/p>\n<p \/>\n<p>Council,\u00a0recalling\u00a0the decision taken by the Assembly of the Union, at its 26th\u00a0Ordinary session, held in Addis\u00a0Ababa, on 30 and 31 January 2016, reiterated its serious concern about the institutional crisis in Guinea-Bissau. Council also expressed its concern at the risks that this crisis can have on the still fragile political and security situation, as well as on the efforts towards economic and social recovery of the country. Council noted that the divergences that emerged between the main authorities of the State institutions, in addition to those related to\u00a0the interpretation of the provisions of the Constitution concerning the respective powers of the President of the Republic and the Prime Minister,\u00a0are of a nature to further weaken the process of stabilizing Guinea-Bissau. In\u00a0this regard, Council already noted the difficulties\u00a0which this situation generates for\u00a0the functioning of the public administration and economic activities, as well as a\u00a0certain upsurge of insecurity and social unrest\u00a0in the city of Bissau.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Council urged the political actors, as well as all the political and military authorities of Guinea-Bissau, to exercise\u00a0utmost restraint and a high sense of responsibility, with a view to finding, through dialogue and consultation, the best solutions to their\u00a0political differences, in order to preserve the still fragile gains made, thanks to the efforts of peace building and post-conflict reconstruction, with the support of the countries of the region, the AU and the international community, as a whole.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Council stressed\u00a0the importance of respecting the Constitution and\u00a0marked\u00a0its readiness to support, if necessary, a revision of the Constitution, which would clarify the provisions, which are a source of divergent interpretations. Council reiterated the support of the AU to the drafting of a Stability Pact and the process for the organization of a Conference on national reconciliation.<\/p>\n<p>Council welcomed the efforts made by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), particularly through the action of its current Chairman, President\u00a0Macky Sall\u00a0of Senegal and the former President\u00a0Olusegun Obasanjo\u00a0of Nigeria.\u00a0Council also welcomed the recent visit of the UN Security Council to Guinea-Bissau.\u00a0Council, in addition, took note with appreciation, of the initiatives taken by the Community of Portuguese-speaking Countries (CPLP)\u00a0in favour of peace and stability in Guinea-Bissau.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Council agreed to immediately undertake a visit to Guinea-Bissau in order to assess the situation and identify the ways and means by which it can contribute to the resolution of the institutional crisis and stabilization of Guinea-Bissau. \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Council agreed to remain seized of the situation.<\/p>\n<p \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, March 15, 2016\/APO (African Press Organization)\/ &#8212; The Peace and Security Council of the African Union (AU), at its 581st\u00a0meeting, held on\u00a09 March\u00a02016, received\u00a0a briefing provided by Commissioner for Peace and Security on the latest developments in the situation in Guinea-Bissau. Council,\u00a0recalling\u00a0the decision taken by the Assembly of the Union, at its [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4584],"tags":[428,4585,830],"class_list":{"0":"post-66030","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-africa-news-2","7":"tag-africa","8":"tag-apo","9":"tag-news","10":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66030","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66030"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66030\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66030"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66030"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66030"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}