Progress report of the commission on the implementation of decision assembly/au/dec.710 (xxxi) on the operationalization of the African Union Centre for post-conflict reconstruction and development

Abstract

It should be recalled that at its 7th ordinary session held in Sirte, Libya, from 28 June to 2 July 2006, the Executive Council adopted decision EX.CL/Dec.228(VII) urging the Commission to develop an AU Policy Framework on Post-Conflict Reconstruction and Development (PCRD), based on the relevant provisions of the Protocol Relating to the Establishment of the Peace and Security Council (PSC) of the African Union and the experience gained so far in the Continent, as part of the efforts to consolidate peace and security in Africa. In taking this decision, the Executive Council took into account the then prevailing circumstances on Africa’s peace and security landscape, especially the risk of relapse into the cycle of violence in some post-conflict countries.