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and encourages the Committee to take all necessary steps in order to enhance the IGAD-led
mediation;
8.
Welcomes the Arusha Agreement of 21 January 2015 aimed at reuniting the Sudan People’s
Liberation Movement (SPLM), and urges all South Sudanese stakeholders to build on this positive
step, in order to expedite the resolution of the conflict facing their country;
9.
Recalls paragraph 8 of communiqué PSC/AHG/COMM.1(CDXI).Rev.1, adopted at its 411th
meeting held in Banjul, The Gambia, on 30 December 2013, requesting the Chairperson of the
Commission to establish a Commission of Inquiry to investigate human rights violations and other
abuses committed during the armed conflict in South Sudan and make recommendations on the
best way and means to ensure accountability, reconciliation and healing among all South Sudanese
communities. Council notes the completion by the Commission of Inquiry of its work and
commends its Chair, former President Olusegun Obasanjo, and members for their hard work and
commitment in the discharge of their mandate. Council decides to defer the consideration of the
report of the Commission of Inquiry to a later date, and to take appropriate decisions in line with
the objectives set out in the above-mentioned paragraph 8;
10.
Decides to remain actively seized of the matter.