Assembly/AU/3(XIV) Page 13 48. It should be recalled here that, in the Tripoli Plan of Action, the Heads of State and Government agreed on a number of measures to facilitate the normalization of relations between Chad and the Sudan. These recommendations regarding normalization remain pertinent, particularly when Chad and the Sudan will engage in their respective electoral process. In fact, in Chad, following a consensual decision of the political class on 4 December 2009, legislative elections will be held this year pursuant to the Agreement of 13 August 2007. In the Sudan, preparations are underway for general elections to be held in April 2010. The success of these elections will also depend on the peaceful and security climate that the two countries are able to create along their common border. j) Central African Republic (CAR) 49. The period under review was characterized by the preparation of the 2010 presidential and legislative elections and the implementation of the disarmament, demobilization and reintegration (DDR) programme. Following the promulgation of the electoral code on 2 October 2009, an Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) was established on 8 October 2009. The IEC adopted its calendar of activities according to which the first round of the presidential elections and the run-off were slated for 18 April and 23 May 2010, respectively. As regards the DDR, there were some delays in its implementation in relation to the calendar initially adopted. However, the imminent deployment of the military observers of the Mission for the Consolidation of Peace in CAR (MICOPAX) on the operations sites should help speed up the process. Concurrently, the Government has continued to implement its security sector reform programme, with the support of several external partners. In this regard, a sectoral Round Table was organized in Bangui on 29 October 2009. 50. For its part, the Commission carried out several activities in pursuance of the decision of the 195th Meeting of the PSC held on 17 June 2009. To this end, it participated in the activities of the All-inclusive Political Dialogue Recommendations' Follow-up Committee (CSRDPI) and in the Steering Committee of the DDR programme. It provided additional financial contribution in support of the activities of the CSRDPI. Furthermore, the Special Envoy of the Chairperson of the Commission was in Bangui from 17 to 20 November 2009 to ascertain, with the country’s authorities, the developments in the situation. Moreover, as part of the periodic evaluation of MICOPAX activities, an EU/AU/ECCAS tripartite meeting was held in Libreville from 9 to 11 November 2009. That gathering culminated in the adoption of the MICOPAX budget and an agreement for 14.7 million Euros financial input towards the African Peace Facility. Lastly, the AU opened a Liaison Office in CAR, in accordance with the relevant decisions of the PSC. k) Cote d’Ivoire 51. The date, 29 November 2009, initially set aside for the presidential election could not be respected essentially because of the delays in drawing up the provisional voters register. Finally posted on 22 November 2009, the register comprised 5,300,586 persons whose Ivorian nationality had been ascertained, and a further 1,033,985 persons for whom additional investigations were needed to ascertain their nationality. The Permanent Consultative Framework (PCF) meeting in Ouagadougou on 3 December 2009 endorsed the proposal of the Chairperson of the