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for continuous mobilization of African and international support for these
countries, including within the framework of the African Solidarity Initiative (ISA);
8.
REITERATES Africa's solidarity with countries in West Africa affected by the
Ebola epidemic (Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone), WELCOMES the deployment
by the Commission of ASEOWA, as mandated by the PSC, CALLS FOR
continued African and international mobilization to contain the Ebola crisis;
STRESSES THE NEED for additional efforts at peace-building and post-conflict
reconstruction in the three countries;
9.
WELCOMES the completion of the transition in Tunisia, with the holding, in
November and December 2014, of presidential election; COMMENDS all
Tunisian social and political actors for the sustained efforts they have made and
for their maturity, which allowed for a peaceful and consensual transition, and
UNDERSCORES the exemplary nature of the Tunisian experience; APPEALS to
the international community to provide Tunisia with economic and financial
support necessary for the consolidation of democracy;
10.
WELCOMES the positive developments in Burkina Faso, and REITERATES AU's
commitment to assist the transitional authorities in their efforts to bring the
Transition to its logical conclusion, with the organization of presidential and
legislative elections in October 2015; CALLS ON Member States of the AU and
the international community as a whole, to provide all necessary support to this
end; WELCOMES the establishment of the International Support Group for the
Transition in Burkina Faso (GISAT-BF), under the joint auspices of the AU,
ECOWAS and the UN, and the conclusions of its inaugural meeting in
Ouagadougou on 13 January 2015;
11.
URGES the Government of Mali and the Armed Movements in the North to
rapidly conclude a Comprehensive Peace Agreement in full respect of the unity
and territorial integrity of Mali, as well as of the secular nature of the Malian
government and LOOKS FORWARD to the resumption in February 2015, within
the framework of the Algiers process, of inter -Malian peace talks. The Assembly
REITERATES the full support of the AU mediation spearheaded by Algeria, with
the participation of the countries in the region, the AU, the Economic Community
of West African States (ECOWAS), the United Nations, the European Union (EU)
and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC);
12.
EXPRESSES ITS FULL SUPPORT to the conclusions of the ministerial meeting
of the African troop contributing countries to the United Nations Multidimensional
Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) on the capacity of MINUSMA
held in Niamey, Niger, in November 5, 2014, and REQUESTS the Commission to
expedite consultations with the UN on the follow up of these conclusions,
including the establishment of an intervention force modelled on the United
Nations Force Intervention Brigade for Stabilization in the Democratic Republic of
Congo (MONUSCO), as agreed by the region at the Summit of Member