The decision is contained in several resolutions adopted at the end of the 16th Annual General Assembly and the Board Meeting of the organisation, held in Yaounde, October 15.
Cameroon host the Secretariat of the African Peace Support Trainers Association (APSTA) in Yaounde. This is the first of seven resolutions unanimously adopted after deliberations at the 16th Annual General Assembly of the group held in the capital city on October 13 and 15, 2018. Chaired by the Secretary of State at the Ministry of Defence in charge of the National Gendarmerie, Etoga Galax Yves Landry, on behalf of the Minister Delegate at the Presidency in charge of Defence, the member countries of the association composed work together at improving capacity for peace support operations in Africa. Going by the resolution, APSTA Secretariat will be accorded the necessary diplomatic privileges and immunities of an international organisation.
"With gratitude, APSTA fully accepts the offer of the Government of the Republic of Cameroon to host the APSTA Secretariat permanently in Yaounde, with diplomatic privileges and immunities of an international organisation," reads entirely resolution one. APSTA has equally adopted a revised Constitution that reflects its new status as a PanAfrican International Organisation, according to the second resolution of the Annual General Assembly.
While closing the discussions, Etoga Galax Yves Landry noted that the several meetings were aimed at endowing APSTA with the appropriate organisational and structural means which will enable the institution become one of the main actors of the African peace and security architecture.
"Taking into consideration the numerous resolutions adopted, it turns out that APSTA is indeed more than ever worthy of support for the fulfilment of its mission. It is within this perspective that the President of the Republic, H.E Paul Biya, fervent peacemaker, is totally committed to support APSTA," he stated.
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