Assembly/AU/3(XIV) Page 9 succeeded in setting up a consensual National Independent Electoral Commission and adopting on 11 September 2009 an Electoral Code accepted by all the political parties. 34. At its 199th meeting held on 17 August, the PSC noted with satisfaction the progress made in Burundi and encouraged the Burundian parties to persevere in their efforts. For his part, the South African Facilitator, the Honourable Minister Charles Nqakula proceeded to Arusha to submit his end of mandate report to the Regional Initiative on the sidelines of the East African Community Summit held on 20 November. He was received by President Jakaya Kikwete mandated to do so by the other Heads of State. On this occasion, the South African Facilitator recalled the remarkable progress made in Burundi. At the same time, he pointed out that there were still some issues for which appropriate solution needed to be found. President Kikwete took note of all these remarks and promised to make a report thereon to his peers. The issues in question were under consideration between the Government and the FNL within a bilateral framework. For its part, the AU is intent on pursuing its accompaniment of the efforts at peace consolidation and post-conflict reconstruction. A multidisciplinary evaluation mission is about to be dispatched to Burundi to identify the areas in which the AU could provide assistance. g) Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) 35. The security situation improved significantly in the eastern part of the country where the main national armed groups, signatories to the Goma Agreement of 23 March 2009, were getting increasingly involved in its implementation. In his traditional message to the nation on 31 December 2009, President Joseph Kabila referred to this situation as signalling “the end of uncertainties surrounding the prospect of peace in the eastern part of the country, following in particular the military operations mounted against foreign armed groups...”. 36. The Kimia II military operation launched against the FDLR in North Kivu by the Armed Forces of DRC (FARDC) with the support of MONUC, advanced to South Kivu on 12 July 2009. The FDLR retaliated by launching several deadly raids against FARDC bases, with violent attacks on the civilian population. The Congolese Authorities reported that the operation was a huge success. The arrest, on 17 November, in Germany, of Ignace Murwanashyaka and Straton Musoni, two key leaders of the FDLR, was hailed as a major blow against the FDLR. In December 2009, Kimia II Operation was renamed Amani Leo (“peace now” in Kiswahili), to demonstrate the will of its promoters to expeditiously achieve total peace. The period under review was also marked by the strengthening of relations between the DRC and Rwanda, actualized on 6 August, by a working visit of President Paul Kagame to Goma and by the holding in Kinshasa, from 17 to 19 December, of the 4th meeting of the DRC–Rwanda Joint Commission. Lastly, on 23 December 2009, the United Nations Security Council adopted resolution 1906 (2007) by which it extended the mandate of MONUC up to 31 May 2010. 37. As a follow up on the implementation of the relevant decisions of the PSC, the Commission plans to organize in Addis Ababa, from 23 to 24 March 2010, a meeting of the countries concerned by the issue of the Bororo nomadic shepherds, with a view to promoting a concerted and regional approach. In addition, and in pursuance