Assembly/AU/Dec.177 (X) Page 3 13. REITERATES ITS DEEP CONCERN at the continued impasse in the Ethiopia Eritrea peace process and at its implications for peace, security and stability in the region at large, EMPHASIZES the need for more sustained and coordinated efforts to help the parties overcome the current impasse in the peace process, including the demarcation of their common border, and normalize their relations, and EXPRESSES THE READINESS of the African Union to assist Eritrea and Ethiopia in this endeavour; 14. EXPRESSES DEEP CONCERN at the post-electoral violence and tension in Kenya and at its social, humanitarian and economic consequences, as well as at its implications for peace and stability in Kenya and the region as a whole ONCE AGAIN CALLS ON all the parties to exercise restraint, refrain from acts of violence and from any other act that could further complicate the situation, as well as prevail on their supporters to put an immediate end to the violence, and speedily resolve the crisis and the electoral dispute within the established legal framework; 15. WELCOMES the efforts made by the current Chair of the AU, John Kufuor, the Chair of the East African Community (EAC), Yoweri Museveni, and by other leaders and organisations both within and outside the region, to assist in resolving the crisis in Kenya. The Assembly REQUESTS the Kenyan parties to extend full cooperation to the mediation efforts being conducted by the group of eminent African elders led by former UN Secretary-General, Kofi Annan; 16. REQUESTS the PSC to pursue its efforts aimed at promoting peace, security and stability in the continent, with special attention to conflict prevention, and, whenever necessary, to be involved in all situations likely to pose a threat to peace and security in the continent; 17. RECALLS decision Assembly/AU/Dec. 145 (VIII) adopted by the Assembly at its 8th ordinary session held in January 2007, calling upon the United Nations to examine, within the context of Chapter VIII of the Charter of the United Nations, the possibility of funding, through assessed contributions, peacekeeping operations undertaken by the AU or under its authority, with the consent of the United Nations, and WELCOMES the steps taken by the AU Commission and Member States in pursuance of this decision; 18. LOOKS FORWARD to the report that will be submitted by the United Nations Secretary-General on the relationship between the United Nations and regional organisations, in particular the African Union, in the maintenance of international peace and security, as provided for by Security Council Presidential Statement of 28 March 2007. The Assembly WELCOMES the offer by South Africa to avail its presidency of the United Nations Security Council, in April 2008, to discuss the report of the United Nations SecretaryGeneral, and REQUESTS the Security Council to consider this report with the view to achieving concrete results in further strengthen cooperation between the AU and the UN. In this regard, the Assembly REQUESTS the