PSC/HSG/Comm (CXXXIX) Page 2 9. REITERATES ITS APPEAL to Member States to provide the required troops and other personnel to enable AMISOM to reach its authorized strength, COUNCIL FURTHER REITERATES its appeal to AU Member States and partners to provide financial and logistical support to facilitate the completion of the deployment of the Mission and the sustenance of its operations; 10. EXPRESSES HOPE that, with the Agreement of 9 June, the international community will provide increased support to the efforts aimed at bringing to a definite end the violence that has plagued Somalia for about two decades, including the early deployment, in accordance with resolution 1814(2008) and paragraph 7(a) of the 9 June Agreement, of a United Nations peacekeeping operation that would take over AMISOM and support the long-term stabilization and reconstruction of the country; 11. REQUESTS the Commission, in close cooperation with the United Nations and , other stakeholders to facilitate the implementation of the Agreement of 9 June 2008, including the strengthening of AMISOM, as well as provide the necessary support to the TFG in its efforts towards the stabilization of the situation in the country. 12. PAYS TRIBUTE to the humanitarian agencies and workers for the assistance extended to the civilians in Somalia under very challenging conditions, and EXPRESSES GRATITUDE to the countries providing support for humanitarian activities in Somalia, including measures taken to combat piracy off the Somali coast and escort ships carrying World Food Programme (WFP) humanitarian supplies to Somalia;