Assembly/AU/Dec.598(XXVI) Page 8 the AU-UN framework for an enhanced partnership in the area of peace and security. The Assembly REITERATES the AU’s commitment to implement the decision made at the 25th Ordinary Session of the Assembly that AU Member States should contribute 25% of the cost of AU efforts on peace and security, including AU-led peace operations. Furthermore, the Assembly REQUESTS the Chairperson of the Commission to formally write to the UN Secretary general to outline the parameters of the types of support the AU would seek from the UN, including the types of operations the AU plans to seek financing for from the UN, as well as other relevant issues, including interaction, both at strategic and operation levels, between the AU and the UN, in the context of Chapter VIII of the UN Charter, building both on the PSC communiqué of 26 September 2015 and the consultations held with the UN and members of the UN Security Council. The Assembly WELCOMES the appointment, by the Chairperson of the Commission, of Dr. Donald Kaberuka as her High Representative for AU Peace Fund, and LOOKS FORWARD its interaction with member States, the UN and other relevant partners. The Assembly REITERATES ITS CALL to all Member States to support this initiative within the relevant UN organs, and URGES AU partners to do the same, as part of the overall efforts to advance collective security; 23. COMMENDS the efforts undertaken by the Commission, Member States, RECs and the international partners to advance the implementation of the regional and international regimes against illicit SALW and WMD. The Assembly STRESSES UPON Member States the need to renew efforts and commit the required human and financial resources to ensure sustainable action. The Assembly ENCOURAGES the PSC to pay particular attention to the threat posed by illicit SALW within the wider context of conflict prevention and management, and STRESSES the need for a development-oriented approach of the implementation of the regional and international WMD regimes, including through the convening of an open session of the PSC to generate the required momentum and start a dialogue towards this end; 24. RECALLS Article 7 (3) of the Protocol Relating to the Establishment of the PSC, which affirms that “Member States agree to accept and implement the decisions of the Peace and Security Council, in accordance with the Constitutive Act”. In this regard, the Assembly REITERATES that the African Members of the UN Security Council have special responsibility to ensure that the decisions of the PSC are well reflected in the decision making process of the UNSC on peace and security issues of concern to Africa. In light of the above,, the Assembly REQUESTS the African members of the United Nations Security Council (A3), working with the Commission, including the AU Permanent Mission to the UN, to present reports through the PSC to Assembly, on their efforts within the Security Council and the extent to which they managed to promote African positions as articulated by the PSC. The Assembly FURTHER REQUESTS the PSC to provide timely guidance to the African members of the UNSC to facilitate consistency in the promotion and defense of African positions on issues of concern to the continent. In this regard, the Assembly APPROVES the conclusions of the third edition of the High-level Seminar on Peace and Security