On the sidelines of the XII session of the African Union Summit and at the initiative of the Chairperson of the Commission of the African Union (AU) and the President of the Commission of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), a consultative meeting on the situation in the Republic of Guinea took place in Addis Ababa on 30th January 2009, with the participation of the following organisations: the United Nations, the International Organisation of the Francophonie (OIF), the European Union (EU), the Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC) and the Community of Sahelo-Saharian States (CEN-SAD), Liberia (current Chair of the Mano River Union), Nigera (current Chairman of ECOWAS) and the Foreign Minister of Sierra Leone.

During the debate on the situation in Guinea, the representative of the OIC informed the participants of the OIC fact finding mission despatched by the Secretary General in early January 2009 which met all the political stakeholders, representatives of the civil society, religious leaders, the Prime Minister as well as the Head and Members of the CNDD. He underlined the request of the OIC to the Guinean authorities to hold free, transparent and democratic elections as soon as possible. He also referred to the principled position of the OIC to avoid sanctions against the civilian population. He finally stressed the need to work together with the other organisations to help Guinean authorities to restore the constitutional order.