441st Meeting of the Peace and Security Council of the African Union, 13 June 2014: Opening remarks, by the AU Commissioner for Peace and Security, Ambassador Smail Chergui, During the PSC Open Session on 'Enhancing AU's Efforts on Post Conflict Reconstruction and Development (PCRD)'.

The purpose of the open session on "Enhancing AU Efforts on Post-Conflict Reconstruction and Development" in Africa is to sensitize Member States and the international community on the necessity to redouble efforts in consolidating peace in the post-conflict phase in order to prevent relapse into violence and to generate peace dividends. It is intended that during the debate, views will be exchanged on the best means and ways of effectively addressing the root causes of conflicts in Africa, prevent relapse into conflict, building on the existing post-conflict initiatives, including the African Solidarity lnitiative for the mobilization of support for post-conflict reconstruction and development.