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1. OF THE NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR NATIONAL UNITY
AND RECONCILIATION
Article 269
The National Council for National Unity and Reconciliation is a consultative organ
given the charge of notably:
• conducting reflections and giving advice on all essential issues related to
unity, to peace and to national reconciliation, in particular those relating to
the prioritizing missions of the institutions;
• following regularly the evolution of the Burundian society from the point of
view of the issue of the national unity and of reconciliation;
• producing periodically a report on the status of the national unity and of the
reconciliation and bring it to the cognizance of the nation;
• emitting proposals in view of the improvement of the situation of the
national unity and of the reconciliation in the country;
• conceiving and initiating the necessary actions in view of rehabilitating the
institution of Ubushingantahe, to make of it an instrument of peace and of
social cohesion;
• emitting opinions and proposals on other matters of interest to the nation.
The National Council for National Unity and Reconciliation is consulted by the
President of the Republic, the Government, the National Assembly and the Senate.
On its own initiative, it may equally emit opinions and render them public.
Article 270
The National Council for National Unity and Reconciliation is composed of notable
persons recognized for their moral integrity and the interest they bear [portent] for
the life of the nation and more particularly to its unity.
The members of the National Council for National Unity and Reconciliation are
appointed by the President of the Republic in concert with the Vice-Presidents of the
Republic.
• Oaths to abide by constitution
Article 271
The members of the National Council for National Unity and Reconciliation must
take an oath to defend the national unity and to promote reconciliation.
Article 272
The National Council for National Unity and Reconciliation produces an annual
report that it submits to the President of the Republic, to the Government, to the
National Assembly and to the Senate.
Article 273
An organic law specifies the composition and establishes the organization and the
functioning of the National Council for National Unity and Reconciliation.
Burundi 2005
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