The Executive Council of the African Union (AU) Commission has elected15 new member states to the AU Peace and Security Council for two and three years periods.
The Council elected five countries for three years and the other 10 member states for a three-year period, as members at the Peace and Security Council (PSC) of the commission, which was established five years ago to deal with peace and security affairs in the continent.
Ben Kioko, the director of the Legal Council at the African Union (AU) Commission told journalists that Equatorial Guinea, Kenya, Libya, Zimbabwe, and Nigeria have been elected for a three-year term in the council.
The executive council also elected ten member states from the five regional zones of Africa for a two-year period.
Burundi, Chad, Djibouti, Rwanda, Mauritania, Namibia,, South Africa, Benin,Cote d’Ivoire and Mali have been elected for two years.
It is to be recalled that five member states were elected in 2007 for a three-year term and ten countries were elected in 2008 for a three-year period.
The member states are elected in the council on a regional basis ; three representatives from Central Africa, three from East Africa, two from North Africa, three from Southern Africa and four from West Africa.
Council members meet and discuss and pass various resolutions regarding peace and security affairs, including imposing sanctions against member states where there is an unconstitutional change of government.
The 14th Ordinary Session of the AU Summit is being held under the theme : “Information and Communication Technologies in Africa : Challenges and Prospects for Development”, which will officially be opened at the head of state level on Sunday in the presence of African leaders and invited guests, including the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon.
Source African Press Agency
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