Assembly/AU/Dec.408(XVIII) Page 3 hostilities, and facilitate humanitarian access to those in need and the return of IDPs and refugees. In this respect, REQUESTS the AUHIP to continue the efforts it has initiated regarding the Two Areas; 9. EXPRESSES CONCERN at the difficulties in the post-secession negotiations between The Sudan and South Sudan, CALLS ON the two countries to immediately halt and reverse the unilateral actions they have taken regarding the issue of oil, which can only threaten their economic prospects and relations, and REQUESTS them to extend full cooperation to the AUHIP in order to speedily reach agreement on all outstanding issues, in line with the agreed principle of two viable States, in peace with each another and mutually supportive. The Assembly COMMENDS IGAD for its continued commitment and efforts to the resolution of the current difficulties. EXPRESSES APPRECIATION to the AU multilateral and bilateral partners for their support to the AUHIP efforts and APPEALS for continued coordination to expedite the conclusion of the ongoing negotiations; 10. EXPRESSES CONCERN at the continued impasse in the peace process between Eritrea and Ethiopia, and REITERATES AU’s call for renewed African efforts to help the two countries to overcome the current difficulties, normalize their relations and lay the foundation for lasting peace and security in the Horn of Africa. ALSO REITERATES the urgent need for the full and scrupulous implementation of the 6 June 2010 Agreement between Djibouti and Eritrea, and REQUESTS the PSC to actively follow up on the matter and report to it accordingly; 11. WELCOMES the launch of the Regional Cooperation Initiative against the Lord’s Resistance Army (RCI-LRA), COMMENDS the Commission and the countries concerned for the steps already taken and ENCOURAGES them to expedite the full operationalization of the Initiative. EXPRESSES AU’S GRATITUDE to the international partners which have extended support to the efforts being deployed for elimination of the LRA; 12. STRESSES the need for renewed efforts towards post-conflict reconstruction and development in order to consolidate peace where it has been achieved. In this respect, WELCOMES the steps being taken by the Commission for the launch of an African Solidarity Initiative to support Member States emerging from conflicts and LOOKS FORWARD to the launch of the Initiative in the margins of its next Ordinary Session; 13. REITERATES the importance it attaches to the implementation of the AU Border Programme (AUBP), WELCOMES the significant results achieved so far and ENCOURAGES the Commission to pursue and intensify the efforts being deployed. In this respect, CALLS FOR the expeditious finalization of the Draft Convention on Cross-Border Cooperation and REQUESTS Member States to facilitate this process by attending at the appropriate level the ministerial conference being planned by the Commission to this end;