The African Union's emerging peace and security regim

The African Union in Burundi and Darfur CHAPTER 7 53 Conclusions ANNEX 1 59 Description of the African Union’s Continental Early Warning System, the Panel of the Wise and the Peace Fund ii The African Union’s emerging peace and security regime ANNEX 2 61 Proposed timeline for the development of the African Standby Force ANNEX 3 63 Overview of the peace and security mechanisms and mandates of selec [...] The PSC serves as “a collective security and early-warning arrangement to facilitate timely and efficient response to conflict and crisis situations in Africa”.16 It meets regularly and recommends action to the Assembly of the Union, which is composed of heads of state and government and stands as the supreme organ of the AU, although the Assembly can provide the PSC with the authority to make dec [...] The document endorses the incorporation of The Responsibility to Protect principles in accordance with the report of the UN Secretary General’s High Level Panel on Threats, Challenges and Change, but further stresses that the conditions and criteria proposed by the panel “should not undermine the responsibility of the international community to protect”.22 While review of national and regional per [...] Consistent with the continuum of protection articulated in the report, the founding documents of the AU and emerging African-wide frameworks, including the Common Africa Defence and Security Policy (CADSP) of the AU and the New Partnership for African Development (NEPAD), emphasise the relationship between development and security. [...] The PSC Protocol reinforces this relationship by emphasising the importance of harmonisation, coordination and cooperation between the AU and the regional mechanisms, and ensuring effective partnerships between the regional mechanisms and the PSC.43 The prominent role the AU has assigned to the RECs will allow the AU to build on their comparative advantage, experience and established frameworks an