PSC/PR/COMM(DCLVIII) Page 4 Council also requests the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights to take appropriate steps in this respect; 12. Requests further the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR) to undertake, as soon as possible, a mission to Western Sahara and to the refugee camps in Tindouf, to assess the human rights situation and make recommendations to Council, building on the outcome of its visit to the region in September 2012. In this regard, Council urges the two Member States to extend full cooperation to the ACHPR mission; 13. Stresses the urgent need to address the issue of the illegal exploration and exploitation of the Territory’s natural resources, bearing in mind the call made in the UN Secretary-General’s report of 10 April 2014, for all relevant actors, in the light of the increased interest in the natural resources of Western Sahara, to “recognize the principle that the interests of the inhabitants of these territories are paramount”, in accordance with Chapter XI, Article 73 of the Charter”, as well as in line with the many legal opinions and judgments issued by international and regional Organizations on the issue. In this respect, Council urges the Kingdom of Morocco not to enter into contracts for the exploration and exploitation of Western Sahara’s natural resources; 14. Requests the Commission, through the appropriate channels, to undertake a demarche towards the UN Security Council, for the AU High Representative for Western Sahara to be given the opportunity to address the Security Council during its meeting on Western Sahara scheduled to take place in the month of April 2017. Council further requests the African members of the UN Security Council, working within the framework of the A3, to support and facilitate this request; 15. Invites the Chairperson of the Commission to forward this communiqué to the two Member States, namely the Kingdom of Morocco and the SADR, for their immediate action. Council further invites the Chairperson of the Commission to transmit the communiqué to the UN SecretaryGeneral and to request that it be circulated as an official UN Security Council document, as well as to other relevant international stakeholders; 16. Decides to remain actively seized of the matter.