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O P 272219Z OCT 09
FM SECSTATE WASHDC
TO RUCNDT/USMISSION USUN NEW YORK IMMEDIATE 8383
INFO RUEHRY/AMEMBASSY CONAKRY PRIORITY 2090

UNCLAS STATE 110970 
 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: UNSC PREL PHUM SNAR PU XA XY
SUBJECT: GUINEA:  UNSC ADOPTION OF PRST 
 
  ¶1.  USUN is instructed to join consensus on the UN Security 
Council Presidential Statement (PRST) on Guinea to be adopted 
on October 28 (para 2).  USUN should refer any further 
substantive changes on the PRST to the Department prior to 
joining consensus for adoption. 
 
¶2. Begin text: 
 
The Security Council remains deeply concerned by the 
situation in Guinea following the killings that occurred in 
Conakry on 28 September, when members of the army opened fire 
on civilians attending a rally. It strongly condemns the 
violence that reportedly caused more than 150 deaths and 
hundreds of wounded and other blatant violations of human 
rights including numerous rapes and sexual crimes against 
women, as well as the arbitrary arrest of peaceful 
demonstrators and opposition party leaders. It notes the risk 
that these events pose to regional peace and security. 
 
The Security Council reiterates the need for the national 
authorities to fight against impunity, bring the perpetrators 
to justice, uphold the rule of law, including the respect for 
basic human rights and release all the individuals who are 
being denied due process under the law. 
 
The Security Council welcomes the public statements by the 
International Contact Group, the Economic Community of West 
African States (ECOWAS) and the African Union, in particular 
the communiqu of the African Union Peace and Security 
Council meeting dated 15 October 2009 and the communiqu of 
the ECOWAS Summit held on 17 October 2009. It welcomes the 
mediation undertaken by President Blaise Compaore of Burkina 
Faso, including his efforts to create a more conducive and 
secure environment in Guinea, and calls upon the 
international community to support his action. 
 
The Security Council welcomes also the Secretary-General,s 
willingness to establish an international commission of 
inquiry to investigate the events of 28 September, in order 
to ascertain the facts that took place, to identify the 
perpetrators with a view to ensuring that those responsible 
for violations are held accountable and to make 
recommendations to him. It takes note of the ECOWAS Summit,s 
statement supporting the Secretary-General,s decision. The 
Security Council takes note further that the authorities of 
Guinea have officially committed to support the work of the 
international commission of inquiry in secure conditions. 
 
The Security Council concurs fully with ECOWAS in stressing 
the importance of the establishment of a new transitional 
authority that would ensure credible, free and fair 
elections, of ensuring that the Chairman and members of the 
National Council for Democracy and Development (CNDD), the 
Prime Minister and those who hold high office in the new 
transitional authority will not be candidates in the 
forthcoming presidential elections and of setting up 
benchmarks in the transition timetable. The Security Council 
calls for the elections to be organized as scheduled in 2010. 
 
The Security Council further recalls in this context its 
resolution 1888 (2009), in which it urged the Secretary 
General, Member States and the heads of regional 
organizations to take measures to increase the representation 
of women in mediation processes and decision-making processes 
with regard to conflict resolution and peacebuilding. 
 
The Security Council takes note of the decisions by the 
African Union Peace and Security Council on 17 September and 
15 October regarding the imposition of targeted sanctions 
against the President of the CNDD and other individuals. It 
also takes note of the decision of ECOWAS to impose an arms 
embargo on Guinea. It takes note further that the African 
Union Peace and Security Council will meet at the level of 
Head of States on 29 October. 
 
The Security Council expresses its intention to follow the 
situation closely. It requests the Secretary-General to 
update it as appropriate on the situation on the ground, the 
potential implications for the sub-region, the international 
investigation of the killings of the 28 September 2009 and 
the measures taken by ECOWAS and by the African Union. 
CLINTON