Assembly/AU/Dec.472(XX) Page 2 7. ENCOURAGES the Parties to the Doha Document for Peace in Darfur (DHRD), namely the Government of Sudan and the Movement for Freedom and Justice (LJM), to intensify their efforts towards the implementation of the Agreement, and STRESSES THE NEED for renewed efforts to make the peace process more inclusive. The Assembly APPEALS to the international community to provide financial and other assistance required in order to consolidate the progress made in Darfur. The Assembly EXPRESSES CONCERN over the deterioration of the security situation on the ground, CALLS ON all actors concerned to exercise utmost restraint and AFFIRMS ITS SUPPORT to the efforts of the AU/UN Hybrid Operation (UNAMID). The Assembly WELCOMES the appointment of Dr. Mohamed Ibn Chambas as new Joint Special Representative for UNAMID; 8. REITERATES ITS FULL SUPPORT for the Roadmap adopted by the PSC on 24 April 2012 on the situation between Sudan and South Sudan, WELCOMES the signing of the 27 September 2012 Agreements between the two countries, as well as the outcomes of the Summit between Presidents Omar Hassan Al Bashir and Salva Kiir Mayardit held in Addis Ababa on 4 and 5 January 2013, and STRESSES the need and the obligation of both countries to scrupulously implement the commitments made. The Assembly COMMENDS the AU HighLevel Implementation Panel and its members, former Presidents Thabo Mbeki, Abdulsalami Abubakar and Pierre Buyoya, for their commitment and perseverance, and Ethiopia, chair of IGAD, for its active role in promoting peace within and between the two countries. The Assembly ENCOURAGES THEM to continue their efforts; 9. REITERATES ITS STRONG CONDEMNATION of the armed groups and all other negative forces operating in the eastern part of DRC and its absolute rejection of the use of armed rebellion to assert political claims. The Assembly GIVES FULL SUPPORT to the efforts of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR),SADC and those of the Congolese Government to promptly and fully restore its authority over its entire territory. The Assembly REQUESTS the Commission to continue efforts for the rapid deployment of the International Neutral Force (INF), on the basis of a linkage with MONUSCO, whose mandate should be revised to be more coercive, and of the strengthening of the Extended Joint Verification Mechanism (EJVM), which will operate under the authority of the African Union (AU) and supervision of the Peace and Security Council (PSC); 10. EXPRESSES SATISFACTION at the Agreements concluded in Libreville under the auspices of the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS), between the Central African parties, as well as the first measures taken for its implementation, including the appointment of a Prime Minister from the ranks of the opposition; UNDERSCORES the urgent need for the scrupulous respect of the Agreements, and REQUESTS the international Community to support the process of ending the crisis and the efforts of ECCA;

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