Assembly/AU/Dec.645(XXIX) Page 1 DECISION ON THE INAUGURAL REPORT OF THE PEACE AND SECURITY COUNCIL OF THE AFRICAN UNION ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE AFRICAN UNION MASTER ROADMAP OF PRACTICAL STEPS FOR SILENCING THE GUNS IN AFRICA BY THE YEAR 2020 Doc. Assembly/AU/5(XXIX) The Assembly, 1. RECALLS its Organization of African Unity/ African Union (OAU/AU) 50 th Anniversary Solemn Declaration adopted on 25 May 2013, in which it pledged not to bequeath the burden of wars to the next generation of Africans and undertook to end all wars in Africa by the year 2020, as well as Assembly decision Assembly/AU/Dec.630 (XXVIII) by which the 28th ordinary session of the Assembly of the Union, held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on 30 – 31 January 2017 adopted the AU Master Roadmap of Practical Steps for Silencing the Guns in Africa by the Year 2020; 2. EXPRESSES DEEP CONCERN over the scourge of illegal weapons/arms, their illicit proliferation and use in various parts of Africa, where they cause countless deaths, untold suffering, population displacement, disruption of livelihoods, destruction of infrastructure and disruption of economic activities, which all combine to undermine efforts to realize the maiden goal of creating a conflict-free, integrated and prosperous Africa, as envisioned in Agenda 2063. FURTHER EXPRESSES DEEP CONCERN over the scourge of illicit financial flows and trade in illicit goods; 3. COMMENDS 4. i) the Peace and Security Council (PSC) for the work it has done as reflected in its Inaugural Report on the implementation of the AU Master Roadmap of Practical Steps for Silencing the Guns in Africa by the Year 2020, and ENCOURAGES it to continue mobilizing support from all concerned stakeholders within the continent and beyond for sustained implementation of the AU Master Roadmap; ii) all Member States, the Regional Economic Communities and Regional Mechanisms for Conflict Prevention, Management and Resolution (RECs/RMs), as well as civil society organizations, in collaboration with the AU Commission for their efforts in implementing the AU Master Roadmap. APPEALS to all AU Member States and RECs/RMs to redouble efforts in further strengthening their governance institutions, as part of the continental mobilization to ensure strong response to illicit weapons, their proliferation and use in the continent, as well as to illicit financial flows, production of dangerous drugs, as well as trade in illicit goods and illegal exploitation of natural resources;