Assembly/AU/Dec.177 (X) Page 1 DECISION ON THE ACTIVITIES OF THE PEACE AND SECURITY COUNCIL OF THE AFRICAN UNION AND THE STATE OF PEACE AND SECURITY IN AFRICA The Assembly: 1. TAKES NOTE of the Report on the activities of the Peace and Security Council (PSC) and the state of peace and security in Africa; 2. WELCOMES the efforts deployed to promote peace, security stability in Africa, as well as the progress made in this regard. The Assembly ENCOURAGES all the parties concerned to redouble their efforts to consolidate the gains realized thus far, and REQUESTS the Commission to continue to support the ongoing processes and mobilize the international community assistance in this respect; 3. EXPRESSES ITS SATISFACTION with the ongoing efforts to consolidate peace and stability in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), including the signing by the concerned parties of an Act of Commitment aimed at restoring peace and stability in Eastern DRC and speeding up the national reconciliation process, following the Conference on Peace, Security and Development on the North and South Kivu Provinces, held in Goma, from 6 to 23 January 2008, and URGES the parties to scrupulously honour their commitments, including those pertaining to disarmament of armed groups operating in the East of DRC; 4. NOTES WITH SATISFACTION the encouraging developments in Côte d’Ivoire, since the signing of the Ouagadougou Political Agreement and the progress made in its implementation, and CALLS UPON the parties to redouble their efforts so as to speed up the implementation of the Agreements that have been signed, in order to pave the way for the holding of presidential elections not later than the first half of 2008; 5. WELCOMES the resolution of the institutional crisis in Burundi with the establishment of a Government in line with the Constitution, following the political dialogue initiated by the President of the Republic with the political opposition parties in August 2007. At the same time, the Assembly EXPRESSES ITS CONCERN over the lengthy delays and difficulties faced in the implementation of the Comprehensive Ceasefire Agreement of 7 September 2006. The Assembly ENCOURAGES the Mediator to pursue his efforts and REQUESTS the Regional Initiative to remain actively seized of the peace process in Burundi; 6. WELCOMES the progress made regarding post-conflit reconstruction in Liberia and REQUESTS the Member States, the United Nations and bilateral and multilateral partners to continue to extend all the necessary support;