Peace and Security Council Report No 99

This issue of the PSC Report focuses on the 30th AU summit and the election of ten new members of the PSC.

In this issue

On the Agenda – Focus on 30th summit

The election of 10 new PSC members shows that consultation within regions prevailed over competition between member states.

Rwandan President Paul Kagame is still struggling to convince all member states to agree to AU reforms.

Plans to make Nepad a development agency are pitting the old guard against the reformers.

Situation Analysis

The recent calls for sanctions against South Sudan could fall on deaf ears if the region and the UN Security Council remain divided.

After several postponements, the inter-Togolese political dialogue nally started this month in the Togolese capital Lomé.

PSC Interview

The UN’s representative in the Central African Republic says the root cause of much of the violence in the country is the absence of state authority.

Development partners
The publication of the PSC Report is made possible through support from the Hanns Seidel Stiftung and the Government of New Zealand. The ISS is also grateful for the support of the following members of the ISS Partnership Forum: the Hanns Seidel Foundation, the European Union and the governments of Australia, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Ireland, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and the USA.
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