Central African countries will review regional security next week - UN23 October – Defence, Foreign and Interior Ministers from 11 Central African countries will meet in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, next week to review regional security, the United Nations said today.
The UN Standing Advisory Committee on Security Questions in Central Africa, comprising the members of the Economic Community of the Central African States (ECCAS), will look at the geopolitical and security situations, as well as the progress of its members in implementing previous decisions, according to the UN Department for Disarmament Affairs (DESA).
Also on the agenda for the 27 to 31 October meeting is an examination of the activities of the ECCAS secretariat, especially its efforts to strengthen its cooperation with the United Nations, and the work of the UN Sub-Regional Centre for Human Rights and Democracy in Central Africa, headquartered in Yaounde, Cameroon, DESA said.
The Committee, formed in 1992, adopted a non-aggression pact in 1996 and a mutual assistance pact in 2000. Its members are Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Rwanda and Sao Tome and Principe.
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