PSC/PR/COMM.(DCI) Page 3 vi. conduct a Multidimensional Needs Assessment Mission to the CAR to assess future needs of CAR Armed Forces, as well as the stabilisation and reconstruction needs of the LRA-affected areas, vii. enhance cooperation and coordination between the RTF and the UN Peacekeeping Missions in the LRA-affected areas in an effort to address the former’s inability to pursue the LRA across borders, viii. increase engagement with the World Bank, the African Development Bank, the EU and the USAID to build a synergy on the stabilization and rehabilitation of the LRA-affected areas, and ix. intensify efforts aimed at mobilizing additional resources for the RTF and to identify and implement short and long-term early recovery and stabilization interventions in the LRA-affected areas so as to ensure the provision of basic services and infrastructure to the affected communities. 10. Decides to extend the mandate of the RCI-LRA for a further twelve (12) months until 22 May 2017, as spelt out in the Communiqué (PSC/PR/COMM(CCXCIX) of its 299th meeting, held on 22 November 2011; 11. Expresses appreciation to the international partners of the AU, notably the UN, EU, and USA for their continued support to the RCI-LRA. In the same context, Council welcomes the readiness of the EU to continue providing support to the RCI-LRA, beyond 31 May 2016; 12. Reiterates its appeal to the partners, as well as the RCI-LRA member countries and other AU member states to urgently mobilize additional logistical and financial resources to cover the Two Million US Dollars required to sustain the Initiative during the next 12 months until May 2017; 13. Decides to remain actively seized of the matter.