Assembly/AU/Decl.1(XIX) Page 5 appropriate, with the core countries, to put in place the required security and military arrangements, to achieve the following objectives: (i) ensure the security of the transitional institutions, (ii) restructure and reorganize the Malian security and defense forces, and (iii) restore State authority over the northern part of the country, as well as fight against terrorist and criminal networks. Council WELCOMES the measures taken by ECOWAS in this regard, including the dispatching of a technical assessment mission to Bamako, with the participation of the AU. Council REITERATES ITS CALL on all Member States and the international community as a whole, for them to provide the necessary technical, logistical and financial support; 14. WELCOMES the launching by the AU Commission, during the consultative meeting held in Addis Ababa, on 23 June 2012, of the process towards the development of a strategic concept articulating, in a holistic manner, the political, security and military measures towards the early resolution of the crisis in Mali. Council CALLS for the early finalization of this concept with ECOWAS, in collaboration with the core countries, the UN, and other partners. Council STRESSES that this document and the planning conducted by ECOWAS must be mutually reinforcing. Council EXPRESSES ITS INTENTION to consider and adopt this concept as quickly as possible, before its submission to the UN Security Council, to enable the latter to further consider the request of ECOWAS and the AU, in accordance with paragraph 18 of resolution 2056 (2012); 15. CALLS UPON the African Commission on Human and People’s Rights to investigate the human rights situation in northern Mali, including the atrocities committed against the Malian military and their families in Aguel'hoc, in January 2012, and to submit a comprehensive report with concrete recommendations on the way forward; 16. DECIDES to remain actively seized of the situation”. (b) REQUEST the Chairperson of the AU Commission and the President of the ECOWAS Commission, in consultation with the ECOWAS Mediator on the Malian crisis, the core countries and other relevant AU Member States from the region, including Chad, to take urgent steps for the effective implementation of all the provisions of the PSC communiqué; (c) URGE the United Nations’ Security Council and Secretary‐General, as well as all other AU partners, to extend full support to the African‐led efforts and take all decisions required to this end; (d) WELCOME the establishment, by the PSC, on 20 March 2012, of the Support and Follow‐up Group on the situation in Mali, and the holding of its inaugural