Report of PBC Burundi Configuration Chair Jan Grauls (Belgium) on his fifth visit to Bangui, CAR, 27-28 August 2009. The report was circulated and discussed at the PBC CAR Informal meeting held 14 September 2009.

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1. Purpose

Discussion of Chair's summary on his latest visit, 27-28 August 2009, to Bangui, where he met with government officials and UN staff on the ground to discuss four key issues in the Strategic Framework:

• DDR
• Preparations for 2010 elections
• SSR
• Progress in the design of the development hubs

Full meeting report on the CAR Configuration informal held 14 Sep 2009, to discuss the Chair's latest visit to Bangui. 

This final draft of the third annual report developed by the PBSO in consulation with PBC Members, issued as PBC/3/OC/L.1 on 30 July 2009, was adopted at the Organizational Committee formal meeting held 4 Sep 2009.

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IV. Observations and the way forward

Full IGP meeting report by Together for a Better Peace on the Organizational Committee formal meeting held 4 Sep 2009. Contains unofficial notes on remarks made by the newly appointed Assistant Secretary-General for Peacebuilding Support, Judy Cheng-Hopkins, as well as the adoption by OC Members of the draft report of the PBC on its third session.