Council Joint Action 2007/809/CFSP of 6 December 2007 amending Joint Action 2007/108/CFSP extending the mandate of the European Union Special Representative for Sudan
Date: 2007-12-06
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Sudan, common foreign and security policy, diplomatic representation, the EU's international role

8.12.2007

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Official Journal of the European Union

L 323/57

COUNCIL JOINT ACTION 2007/809/CFSP

of 6 December 2007

amending Joint Action 2007/108/CFSP extending the mandate of the European Union Special
Representative for Sudan

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

2. Article 3 shall be replaced by the following:

Having regard to the Treaty on European Union and,
particular, Articles 14, 18(5) and 23(2) thereof,

in

‘Article 3

Mandate

Whereas:

In order to achieve the policy objectives, the EUSR’s

1.
mandate shall be to:

(1)

(2)

(3)

On 15 February 2007, the Council adopted Joint Action
2007/108/CFSP extending the mandate of the European
Union Special Representative for Sudan (1).

On 19 April 2007,
2007/238/CFSP (2)
European Union Special Representative
Sudan from 1 May 2007 to 29 February 2008.

the Council adopted Decision
as
for

appointing Mr Torben Brylle
(EUSR)

On 15 October 2007, the Council adopted Joint Action
2007/677/CFSP on the
European Union military
operation in the Republic of Chad and in the Central
African Republic (3)
(EUFOR Tchad/RCA), which also
defines a role for the EUSR for Sudan in relation to
the EU military operation.

(a)

the Government of Sudan,

the
liaise with the AU,
Government of Southern Sudan,
the Darfur armed
movements and other Sudanese parties as well as non-
governmental organisations and maintain close collab-
oration with the UN and other relevant international
actors, with the aim of pursuing the Union’s policy
objectives;

(b)

represent the Union at the Darfur-Darfur dialogue, at
high-level meetings of the Joint Commission, as well
as other relevant meetings as requested;

(c)

represent the Union, whenever possible, at the CPA and
DPA Assessment and Evaluation Commissions;

(4)

The mandate of the EUSR for Sudan should be amended
accordingly,

(d)

follow developments regarding the implementation of
the ESPA;

HAS ADOPTED THIS JOINT ACTION:

Article 1

Joint Action 2007/108/CFSP is hereby amended as follows:

1.

in Article 2 the present text shall become paragraph 1 and
the following paragraph shall be added:

‘2.
The mandate of the EUSR shall furthermore be based
on the policy objectives of the European Union in relation to
Council Joint Action 2007/677/CFSP of 15 October 2007
on the European Union military operation in the Republic of
Chad and in the Central African Republic (*)
(EUFOR
Tchad/RCA).

___________
(*) OJ L 279, 23.10.2007, p. 21.’;

(1) OJ L 46, 16.2.2007, p. 63.
(2) OJ L 103, 20.4.2007, p. 52.
(3) OJ L 279, 23.10.2007, p. 21.

(e) ensure coherence between the Union’s contribution to
crisis management in Darfur and the overall political
relationship of the Union with Sudan;

(f) with regard to human rights,

follow the

including the rights of
children and women, and the fight against impunity in
Sudan,
situation and maintain regular
contacts with the Sudanese authorities, the AU and the
in particular with the Office of the High Com-
UN,
missioner
the human rights
observers active in the region and the Office of the
Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court;

for Human Rights,

(g)

liaise with the Presidency,
the Secretary-General/High
Representative (SG/HR), the EU Operation Commander
and the EU Force Commander of Operation EUFOR
Tchad/RCA in order to ensure close coordination of
their respective activities with respect to the implemen-
tation of
Joint Action 2007/677/CFSP; close coordi-
nation shall also be ensured with the local Commission
Delegations;

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(h) with respect

to the implementation of

Joint Action
the SG/HR in relation to his
2007/677/CFSP, assist
contacts with the United Nations,
the Chadian auth-
orities, the authorities of the Central African Republic
and neighbouring countries as well as with other
relevant actors;

(i) without prejudice to the military chain of command,
the EU Force Commander of Operation
provide
EUFOR Tchad/RCA with political guidance in particular
on issues with a regional political dimension;

(j) with respect to his tasks related to Operation EUFOR
the EU Force Commander on

Tchad/RCA, consult
political issues with a security dimension.

(e)

follow up and report on compliance by the Sudanese
parties with the relevant UN Security Council Reso-
lutions, notably 1556 (2004), 1564 (2004), 1591
(2005), 1593 (2005), 1672 (2006), 1679 (2006),
1706 (2006) and 1769 (2007).’;

3. Article 4(3) shall be replaced by the following:

‘3.
The EUSR shall regularly report to the PSC on the
situation in Darfur, the Union’s assistance to AMIS and on
the situation in Sudan as a whole, as well as on the situation
in the Republic of Chad and the Central African Republic in
relation to EUFOR Tchad/RCA.’.

Article 2

For the purpose of the fulfilment of his mandate, the

2.
EUSR shall, inter alia:

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

its

(a) maintain an overview of all activities of the Union;

Article 3

(b) ensure coordination and coherence of

the Union’s

contributions to AMIS;

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

(c) ensure close coordination and coherence of the activities
to Operation EUFOR

the Union with respect

of
Tchad/RCA;

(d) support the political process and activities relating to the
implementation of the CPA, the DPA and the ESPA; and

Done at Brussels, 6 December 2007.

For the Council
The President

A. COSTA