Council Joint Action 2007/245/CFSP of 23 April 2007 amending Joint Action 2005/557/CFSP on the European Union civilian-military supporting action to the African Union mission in the Darfur region of Sudan with regard to the inclusion of a military support element providing assistance to the setting up of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM)
Date: 2007-04-23
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: African Union, Somalia, Sudan, common foreign and security policy, forces abroad, military cooperation, peacekeeping, the EU's international role

24.4.2007

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Official Journal of the European Union

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COUNCIL JOINT ACTION 2007/245/CFSP

of 23 April 2007

amending Joint Action 2005/557/CFSP on the European Union civilian-military supporting action to
the African Union mission in the Darfur region of Sudan with regard to the inclusion of a military
support element providing assistance to the setting up of the African Union Mission in Somalia
(AMISOM)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in
particular Article 14 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

The Council on 18 July 2005 adopted Joint Action
2005/557/CFSP on the European Union civilian-military
supporting action to the African Union mission in the
Darfur region of Sudan (1).

the African Union Peace and
On 19 January 2007,
Security Council stated its intentions to deploy for a
period of six months a mission to Somalia (AMISOM),
aimed essentially at contributing to the initial stabili-
sation phase in Somalia.

On 20 February 2007,
the United Nations Security
Council adopted Resolution 1744 (2007) authorising
Member States of the African Union to establish for a
period of six months a mission in Somalia and urging
UN Member States to provide personnel, equipment and
services if required,
for the successful deployment of
AMISOM.

the African Union submitted a
On 7 March 2007,
request to the European Union for expertise to on a
temporary basis assist the AMISOM military planning
cell situated at the AU Headquarters in Addis Ababa.

On 20 March 2007, the Political and Security Committee
(PSC) agreed to respond positively to the request of the
African Union and to conduct
the AMISOM support
within the framework of the EU Supporting Action to
the African Union Mission in the Darfur region of Sudan
(AMIS).

temporary basis
and requested that EU personnel
working for AMISOM be covered by the General
Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of
the
OAU.

(7)

Joint Action 2005/557/CFSP
accordingly,

should be

amended

HAS ADOPTED THIS JOINT ACTION:

Article 1

Joint Action 2005/557/CFSP is hereby amended as follows:

1. The title shall be replaced by the following:

‘Council
Joint Action on the European Union civilian-
military supporting action to the African Union missions
in the Darfur region of Sudan and in Somalia’.

2. Article 1 shall be replaced by the following:

‘Article 1

The European Union hereby establishes an EU civilian-
military supporting action to AMIS II, with an additional
military support
to AMISOM, hereby named
“AMIS/AMISOM EU Supporting Action”.

element

The main objective of the EU supporting action is to ensure
effective and timely EU assistance to support the AMIS II
enhancement and in addition to support the setting up of
AMISOM. The EU shall respect and support the principle of
African ownership and the EU supporting action shall be to
support the AU and its political, military and police efforts
to address the crisis in the Darfur region of Sudan and in
Somalia.

The EU supporting action shall include a civilian and military
component.’

(6)

By letter of 29 March 2007, the SG/HR informed the AU
that EU would be ready to provide planning experts on a

(1) OJ L 188, 20.7.2005, p. 46.

3. In articles 3(1), 4(1), 5(2), 10 and 11(1)(a) ‘AMIS II’ shall be

replaced by ‘AMIS II and AMISOM’.

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4. Article 5(1) shall be replaced by the following:

the planning of the AU mission, including the drafting of
the AMISOM deployment plan.’

of

to

EU activities

support AMIS

‘1.
The SG/HR shall take all necessary measures to ensure
coordination
II
enhancement and AMISOM and the coordination between
the General Secretariat of the Council
(GSC) and the EU
Coordination Cell
in Addis Ababa (ACC). The GSC shall
provide guidance and support to the ACC in its duties of
managing the day-to-day coordination to ensure coherent
to AMIS II across its political,
and timely EU support
military, police and other civilian supporting actions as
well as to the setting up of AMISOM. The GSC shall
provide situation reports and updates and assessment of
the AMIS II enhancement
both EU support
and AMISOM to the relevant Council bodies and ensure
coordination at
in
particular the UN and NATO.’

the strategic level with other donors,

to AMIS II,

5. In Article 9, the following paragraph shall be inserted:

‘1a.
planning shall mainly assist the strategic planning cell

to the AMISOM
in

The military support

element

Article 2

This Joint Action shall enter into force on the date of
adoption.

its

Article 3

This Joint Action shall be published in the Official Journal of the
European Union.

Done at Luxembourg, 23 April 2007.

For the Council
The President

F.-W. STEINMEIER