Addis Ababa, 10 April 2024 — The Republic of the Congo has consolidated its full membership status of the Organisation of Southern Cooperation (OSC) with the depositing of the Instrument of Acceptance by H.E. Daniel Owassa, Ambassador of the Republic of the Congo to Ethiopia, and Permanent Representative to the African Union. The Instrument of Acceptance was received by Secretary-General H.E. Manssour Bin Mussallam at a hand-over ceremony held yesterday at the OSC Headquarters in Addis Ababa.
The Republic of the Congo is a founding member of the OSC. The depositing of the Instrument of Acceptance signifies the completion of the full membership process by countries in the Global South.
H.E. Bin Mussallam said the occasion marked the beginning of a systemic transformation for the Republic of the Congo as an OSC Member State, to collectively construct and espouse a third, alternative, inclusive way for development founded upon the spirit of multilateralism, solidary and self-determination.
The Secretary-General stated that this was a “historic day for the Organisation as a Secretariat, as a collective of sovereign states of the South, and a historic day for the Republic of the Congo”.
“The Republic of the Congo, a founding State of the Organisation, a State that had the visionary quality of being present at our founding Summit on 19 January 2020, completed today through the deposit of its Instrument of Acceptance that was delivered by the Ambassador of the Congo in Addis Ababa. And with this, the Republic of the Congo takes its legitimate and rightful place amongst our full Member States,” the Secretary-General added.
The Ambassador of the Republic of the Congo said his satisfaction to have deposited the Instrument of Acceptance that will enable full membership of his country to the OSC.
