PSC/PR/COMM.(DCCL) (ii) calls upon the Governments of Sudan and South Sudan to implement the decisions they took during the Extraordinary JPSM meeting on 4 February 2018, relating to the implementation of the Safe Demilitarized Border Zones (SDBZ), and the commencement of the work on border demarcation, and requests the AUHIP to intensify its engagement with the Parties to encourage timely implementation of those decisions; On Abyei (iii) calls upon the two Presidents of Sudan and South Sudan to renew their engagement, seeking to address the question of the Final Status of the Abyei Area, on the basis of the AUHIP’s Proposal on the Final Status of Abyei Area of 21 September 2012; (iv) urges the two States to mandate their representatives in AJOC to discuss and take decisions on the establishment of the Abyei Area interim institutions, in accordance with the Agreement on Temporary Administrative and Security Arrangements for the Abyei Area of June 2011; (v) encourages the Traditional Leaders of Abyei to sustain their commitment to improve relations between the Ngok Dinka and Misseriya communities within the context of the meeting of November 2017, in Addis Ababa; On Sudan's national political processes (vi) urges the Government of Sudan and the Sudanese opposition parties to renew their commitment to inclusive national political processes, as envisaged in the Roadmap Agreement, and in this regard, Council requests the Panel to continue its consultations with the Sudanese interlocutors to identify ways of enhancing the inclusivity in the next phase of Sudan's political processes which will shape the future of the country, including the national elections and the constitution-making process; (vii) appeals to the Sudanese parties, particularly the Government, to create and preserve the necessary conditions conducive for the participation of Sudanese political actors in the envisaged national political processes, Council also appeals to the national authorities to exercise restraint in their response to public dissatisfaction with regard to the economic situation; On cessation of hostilities in Sudan (viii) requests the Government and the armed movements in Sudan to sustain and renew, the ceasefire and cessation of hostilities that they have unilaterally declared; (ix) urges the Government of Sudan and the SPLM-North to continue their preparations to resume the adjourned cessation of hostilities negotiations by 6 March 2018, where the PSC expects the parties to reach a formal cessation of hostilities agreement; 4

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