Assembly/AU/3 (X) Page 17 Government’s economic and financial reforms. More generally, 2007 has been a year of remarkable achievements in Liberia in the socio-economic field. 77. The promotion of national reconciliation and inclusiveness in the decision making process has continued to feature prominently in the Government’s activities. The Truth and Reconciliation Commission, whose mandate is due to expire in September 2008, resumed its activities on the public hearings and statement taking process on 8 January 2008, which involve a wide range of personalities. On her part, President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has embarked on a consultative process aimed at seeking the views of Liberian political parties and civil society groups on issues of national concern. Progress has also been made regarding the security situation, which has remained generally calm both within Liberia itself and along the country’s borders with its neighbours. Efforts continue to be made in carrying forward the security sector reform. 78. It is against this background of significant progress in the stabilisation of Liberia that, last August, the United Nations Secretary-General made proposals on a phased drawdown of the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL). The SecretaryGeneral indicated that the process would “allow UNMIL to adapt to evolving priorities and to conduct a gradual, phased and deliberate transfer of responsibility for the security of Liberia to the Government in a manner that gives the Government the opportunity to build its capacity, while the Mission continues to maintain the prevailing stability”. In its resolution 1777 (2007) of 20 September 2007, the Security Council decided to extend the mandate of UNMIL until 30 September 2008, endorsed the recommendations for a reduction in the number of military and police components of the Mission, and expressed its intention to review by that date recommendations for further UNMIL reduction in the context of the security situation in Liberia and the subregion. k) Côte d’Ivoire 79. Since the signing of the Ouagadougou Political Agreement and an Additional Agreement on 4 and 26 March 2007, respectively, by President Laurent Gbagbo and Guillaume Soro, Secretary General of the New Forces, under the auspices of President Blaise Compaoré, President of Faso, current President of ECOWAS and Facilitator of the Direct Dialogue, there have been a chain of demonstrations for national reconciliation and reunification of the country. On 30 July 2007, President Gbagbo and Prime Minister Soro incinerated about 2,000 weapons of war at a ceremony christened “Flame of Peace” held in Bouaké. On his way to Bouaké, President Laurent Gbagbo, for the first time since the eruption of the crisis, crossed the ceasefire line which represented the de facto partition of the country. From 28 to 30 November 2007, President Gbagbo toured several areas in the North of the country under the control of the New Forces. On that occasion, the President of the Republic reiterated his call for an end to the war. Furthermore, the two former opposing forces - the Defense and Security Forces of Côte d’Ivoire (FDSCI) and the Armed Forces of the New Forces (FAFN), marched side by side in Abidjan and in other cities of the country on the occasion of the commemoration of the independence anniversary of Côte d’Ivoire. 80. For its part, the International Community continued to support implementation of the Ouagadougou Political Agreement. On this score, the United Nations Security