Assembly/AU/Dec.65 (IV) DECISION ON SOMALIA The Assembly: 1. NOTES WITH SATISFACTION the achievements made in the Somalia peace and reconciliation process under the auspices of the InterGovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) and CONGRATULATES the people and the Transitional Federal Institutions (TFG) of Somalia for the success so far achieved; 2. WELCOMES the decision adopted by the 22nd Meeting of the Peace and Security Council (PSC) held on 5 January 2005, in which the PSC accepted, in principle, the deployment of an AU Peace Support Mission in Somalia, based on its previous decisions and the recommendations of the Nairobi Experts Meeting held on 15-16 December 2004, to support the Somalia Transitional Federal Institutions, and requested the Commission to submit to it recommendations on the mandate, size, structure, tasks and funding requirements for such a Mission; 3. STRESSES the need for the AU and the larger international community to provide speedy and sustained support to the Transitional Federal Institutions to prevent the unraveling of the tremendous achievements made in the reconciliation process in Somalia as a result of two years of collaborative endeavour by the countries of the region, the AU and the international community at large; 4. REQUESTS the Commission to expedite the preparation of the recommendations requested by the PSC to facilitate the speedy deployment of an AU Peace Support Mission, as part of the efforts to create propitious security conditions and to normalize the situation in order to assist in the effective functioning of the Transitional Federal Institutions, the relocation of which, in Somalia, constitutes an important component of the ongoing efforts to restore lasting peace and stability in that country; 5. WELCOMES the Abuja Communiqué of the IGAD Heads of State and Government of 31 January 2005 and NOTES WITH APPRECIATION the commitment of Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Sudan and Uganda to provide troops and/or equipment for the deployment of an IGAD Peace Support Mission to provide security support to the TFG of Somalia in order to ensure its relocation to Somalia and guarantee the sustenance of the outcome of the IGAD peace process. REQUESTS