Assembly/AU/Dec.663(XXIX) Page 2 5. FURTHER DECIDES that the outgoing members of the Panel of the Wise shall become members of the Group of Friends of the Panel, in line with its decision Assembly/AU/Dec.310(XV) and the related report of the Chairperson of the Commission; 6. REQUESTS the Chairperson of the Commission to ensure that the required support is availed to the Panel of the Wise to enable it fully discharge its mandate, particularly through proactive preventive engagement. 7. ALSO DECIDES to strengthen the preventive role of the Panel of the Wise by urging it to accelerate the establishment of national peace infrastructures, including by harnessing the efforts of national mechanisms; 8. DECIDES on the operationalization of "Pan African Network of Women Mediators", as a subsidiary body of the Panel of the Wise; 9. REQUESTS the Commission to take the necessary steps to enhance the human resources of the Secretariat of the Panel of the Wise.