(Business in Cameroon) - Yaoundé, the Cameroonian capital hosted from 4 to 5 May 2017 the 17^th ordinary session of the Defence and Security Committee (CDS) of the Central African Peace and Security Council (COPAX), under the chairmanship of army General Auguste Roger Bibaye Itandas, Gabonese Chief of Defence Staff, current President of CDS.

Regarding the common operation project of the Central African Multinational Force (FOMAC), the members of the Defence Committee recommended to the General Secretariat of the Economic Community of Central African States (CEEAC) to organise as soon as possible home consultations to know the hosting State(s). They encouraged the enlistment of civilians in FOMAC’s reserves in the member States. Regarding the feasibility of the regional logistics warehouse, it was decided that said warehouse would share the location of the Continental Logistics Base (BLC) in Douala, Cameroon.

Moreover, CDS recommended that the General Secretariat of CEEAC organise a Council of COPAX ministers to initiate the actions scheduled in the Kinshasa Agreement which plans in particular the establishment of national light firearms monitoring committees, the creation of a weaponry monitoring unit within the General Secretariat and the fundraising of adequate financial resources. Finally, it was convened that the next CDS session would take place in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, in July 2017.

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