Mr Bereng B' Mtimkulu, Head, PSO Division AU, RSA Dir Ops Policy

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Mr Bereng B. Mtimkulu, Head, PSO Division
(AU),(RSA) Dir Ops Policy
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• THE COMMON AFRICAN DEFENCE SECURITY POLICY
• Adopted 2nd Extra-ordinary Sesssion of AU Sirte,
  Libya, 2005.
• Amalgam of many previous defence security
  documents
• Premise
• Holistic view of security
• Security Multi-dimensional (human security)
• Common defence and security threats, interests
  goals
• Note Binding Non-Binding instruments

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• Main priority areas
• Inter-Intra State Conflict
• Unstable post conflict situations
• Plight of refugees internally displaced persons
• Illicit proliferation of small arms and light
  weapons
• Environmental degradation
• Human trafficking, drug trafficking, money
  laundering
• Mercenarism
• Dumping of chemical and nuclear waste in Africa
• Terrorism

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• Instruments of implementation
• African Union Commission
• Peace and Security Council (PSC)
• Regional Economic Communities (RECs)
• Member States and Civil Society
• Broad international Community

PSC.prevent, manage, resolve conflicts
Therefore must play leadership role,
co-rodinate, harmonise and truly understanding
that it is a process. African Peace Security
Architecture (APSA)core African Standby Force,
Panel of the Wise, Early Warning System.
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African Peace and Security Architecture (APSA)
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The process to establish the African Standby Force
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The beginning
July 2004 3rd Session of the AU Assembly
approved the Policy Framework Establishing the
ASF Military Staff Committee.
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THE RATIONAL

• All Peace Support Operations in Africa be
  conducted in a manner consistent with both the UN
  and the AU Charters and the Cairo Declaration.
• The conflict situation should guide the level at
  which the AU considers involvement. AU should
  undertake preliminary preventive action.
• Should be an all-African force.
• The AU should earmark a brigade-sized
  contribution to standby arrangements from each of
  the five African sub-regions.
• Training should be conducted according to UN
  doctrine and standards, complemented by Africa
  specificity.
• Centers of expertise for Peace Support Operations
  training be established.

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RATIONAL conti..

• Low intensity conflict in which UN may not
  intervene rapidly, eg Comoros,
• Necessity for AU to play a lead political role
  conflict resolution by co-deploying with the UN,
  eg Ethiopia-Eritrea,
• AU, (by extension RECs, Member States), should
  list in the UN Standby Arrangement System
  (UNSAS),

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RATIONAL conti..

• Rapid deployment in cases of grave human rights
  abuses genocide, crime against humanity, war
  crimes,
• PSC to have a sound mechanism for Peace Support
  missions.

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ASF MISSIONS

• Observer and monitoring missions
• Classical PSO missions
• Intervention in a Member State with respect of
  grave circumstance
• Preventive deployment
• Peace-building, Post-conflict reconstruction, DDR
• Humanitarian assistance
• Any other functions as mandated by the PSC or the
  Assembly.

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SCENARIOS

• Scenario 1 AU/Regional Military Advice to
  Political Missions
• Scenario 2 AU/Regional observer Missions
  co-deployed with UN Missions
• Scenario 3 Stand alone AU/Regional Observer
  Missions
• Scenario 4 AU/Regional Peacekeeping Force (PKF)
  under Chapter VI and preventive deployment
  missions
• Scenario 5 AU/Regional deployment for complex
  multidimensional PKF mission-low level spoilers
• Scenario 6 AU intervention

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ASF DEPLOYMENT TIMELINE

• Simple Scenarios (1 4) Deployment
  in 30 days
• Complex Scenario (5)
  90 days
• Intervention ( 6 )
  14 days.

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ASF GENERAL CONCEPT

• At the AU Commission
• 1 Continental Planning Element (PLANELM)
• 1 Continental military logistic depot (MLD)
• For each REC/Region
• 1 permanent Brigade HQ
• 1 permanent PLANELM
• 1 Standby brigade
• 1 Military logistic depot
• Training facilities

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ASF GENERAL CONCEPT

• the Standby Brigade HQ staff
• the standby units
• the civpol Civilians
• the military observers.

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March 2005..RoadMap for the Operationalisation
of the ASF adopted by the RECS.
September 2005..RECS met to adopt co-ordination
mechanism to host policy workshops decide dates
venues.
Nov- Dec 2005..RECs Experts met to draft
workplans on Doctrine, SOP, C3IS, Logistics,
Training and Evaluation.
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RoadMap...policy areas

• MAIN CORE
• Doctrine
• SOPs
• Training Evaluation
• C3IS
• Logistics

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TASK TEAMS IDENTIFIED to address specific areas
Workshops Process
Task Teams split and begin work on
areas identified.
November to December 2005 TASK
GROUPS Formulated Workplans on areas for
attention by the workshops
Doctrine PRE-WORKSHOP DONE NAMIBIA
No Task Teams
Training. Evaluation. Capacity Building. Standards
. Funding.
Training Evaluation PRE-WORKSHOP DONE, ANGOLA
Log Concept Log Manuals
Logistics PRE-WORKSHOP DONE, KENYA
WORKSHOPS BEGIN
HQs Personnel Ops Logistics Cimic Com
Press Information
SOP PRE-WORKSHOP 13-17 March, NIGERIA.
Command Control. Communication. IT.
C3IS PRE-WORKSHOP 5-6 April 06 EGYPT
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2006 JAN-APRIL
SOP Abuja, Nigeria. Pre-Workshop Workshop
C3IS Cairo, Egypt C3IS Pre-Workshop Workshop
LOGISTICS Nairobi Mombasa, Kenya Pre-Workshop
Workshop
TRAINING EVALUATION Luanda, Angola
Pre-Workshop Workshop
DOCTRINE Namibia, Botswana Pre-Workshop
Workshop
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Civilian Dimension
Way Forward

• Workshops Documents
• Refining
• Harmonization

• Process
• Draft Policy Framework.identify policy
  instruments.
• Develop Work plans for policy.
• Implement Policy Framework Workshops

More Policy Areas need work
Legal Aspectsdone Finance Aspects Health
Aspects..done
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South Regional Brigade

• DEVELOPMENTS
• HQ (Botswana)
• PLANELM (Botswana)
• MOU
• Policy Framework
• Host Nation Agreement
• Pledges (4000 6000)
• Standby Arrangement
• Regional MLD

Tanzania Malawi Zambia Zimbabwe Namibia Swaziland
Lesotho Botswana RSA Madagascar Mauritius Angola
Mozambique
Shared by SADCBRIG EASBRIG Madagascar Seychelles
Shared by SADCBRIG FOMAC Angola DRC
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Central Regional Brigade

• DEVELOPMENTS
• HQ (Gabon)
• PLANELM
• MOU
• Policy Framework
• Host Nation Agreement
• Pledges (3655)
• Standby Arrangement
• Regional MLD

Sao Tome Principe Cameroon Central African
Republic Gabon Chad Equatorial Guinea Congo
(Brazzaville) Angola Burundi DRC Rwanda
Shared by SADCBRIG CENTRALBRIG Angola DRC
Shared by EASBRIG CENTRALBRIG Rwanda
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West Regional Brigade

• DEVELOPMENTS
• HQ (Nigeria)
• PLANELM (Nigeria)
• MOU
• Policy Framework
• Host Nation Agreement
• Pledges (6500)
• Standby Arrangement
• Regional MLD (Sierra Leone, Mali)

Ghana Nigeria Benin Togo Côte dIvoire Guinea
Bissau Liberia Sierra Leone Mali Senegal Niger Bur
kina Faso Gambia Cape Verde Guinea
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East Regional Brigade

• DEVELOPMENTS
• HQ (Ethiopia)
• PLANELM (Kenya)
• MOU
• Policy Framework
• Host Nation Agreement
• Pledges (3500-400)
• Standby Arrangement
• Regional MLD (Ethiopia)

Djibouti Ethiopia Sudan Kenya Uganda Rwanda
IGAD ?? Madagascar Seychelles Somalia Eritrea
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North Regional Brigade
Algeria Libya Tunisia Egypt Western
Sahara Mauritania
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MAIN AFRICAN REGIONAL AND SUB-REGIONAL ECONOMIC
INTEGRATION ARRANGEMENTS
Acronyms AMU Arab Maghreb Union CBI
Cross Border Initiatives CEMAC Economic
Monetary Community of Central Africa CILSS
Permanent Interstate Committee on Drought Control
in the Sahel COMESA Common Market for East and
Southern Africa EAC East Africa
Community ECCAS Economic Community of Central
African States ECOWAS Economic Community of West
African States IGAD Inter Governmental
Authority for Development SACU Southern
Africa Customs Union SADC Southern Africa
Development Community WAEMU West African
Economic and Monetary Union
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Way Forward2
ASF PROCESS HAS NOW REACHED ADVANCED STAGE.
Civilian Dimensionsurgent..done ACCRA Aug 06
Refining Harmonisation of Workshop
Documentsdone PRETORIA Sept 06.on Legal,
Finance, Health Aspects
AU Standby Arrangement System.now essential.
AU Budget Pre-liminary Costing Session
Develop concept for ASF Rapid Deployment
Capability to be deployed prior to 2010
Develop closer institutional relationship with
UNDPKO.
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Context
BASE DOCUMENTS Doctrine, Logistics, T A, C3IS,
SOPs
ASF WORKSHOPS
Produced
Harmonization, Phase 2 Roadmap, Draft Policy
Civilian Dimension, Draft Documents on Legal
health.
Nov/Dec
Oct
Sept
August
July
June
Harmonization/Refinement
ACDS Meeting
Draft Doc Legal
Draft Policy Civ Dim
Draft Doc Military Health
Draft Doc Finance
RECs Assess/Review/Prep for ACDS
Ministers Meet ACDS
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SITUATION ON THE MILITARY STAFF COMMITTEE (MSC)
CURRENT MILITARY REPRESENTATION
RSA ETHIOPIA NIGERIA UGANDA
BOTSWANA SENEGAL
OUTSTANDING
ALGERIA EGYPT CONGO CAMEROON RWANDA
MALAWI BURKINA FASO GHANA GABON