Communiqué of the Peace and Security Council of the African Union (AU), at its 414th meeting, on the revised Concept of Operations (CONOPS) for the AU Mission in Somalia (AMISOM)

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, January 23, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Council,

1. Takes note of the Report of the Chairperson of the Commission on the revised Concept of Operations for the AU Mission in Somalia;

2. Recalls its communiqué PSC/PR/Comm.(CCCXCIX) adopted at its 399th meeting held on 10 October 2013, endorsing the recommendations of the AU-UN Review of AMISOM and Benchmarking Exercise, as well as the relevant provisions of UN Security Council resolution 2124 (2013), adopted on 12 November 2013, on the development of a new Concept of Operations, with a view to enabling AMISOM to respond to the increasingly asymmetrical tactics used by Al-Shabaab;

3. Commends the Commission for its efforts in developing the revised CONOPS, endorses the said CONOPS and looks forward to its full implementation;

4. Requests the Commission to keep it regularly informed of progress made and challenges encountered in the implementation of the AMISOM mandate and its revised CONOPS;

5. Decides to remain actively seized of the matter.