Assembly/AU/Dec.645(XXIX) Page 3 iv) requests Member States to adhere to and promote the Africa Amnesty Month, September each year, and mobilize their citizens to actively participate in the efforts to silence the guns. 10. ACKNOWLEDGES that as part of the efforts to strengthen democratic institutions and practices throughout the continent, political will and commitment is a fundamental necessity for success in silencing the guns. In this regard, URGES Member States, for those that have not yet done so, to submit their state reports on their implementation of the provisions of the African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance (ACDEG); Furthermore, COMMENDS the Togolese Republic, as the only country to have submitted its state report on the implementation of the ACDEG; 11. URGES Member States to enhance civil-military collaboration through communitybased intelligence gathering, notably through Nouakchott and Djibouti process, to support national security agencies’ efforts in curbing cross border movement of illegal weapons and also movement of such weapons from one conflict to another or to zones that are peaceful, in the continent as a whole; 12. REQUESTS the AU Member States to communicate to the AU Commission on their efforts in implementing the AU Master Roadmap, once a year, after the Africa Amnesty Month and before the AU January Summit, in order to facilitate continuous assessment of its implementation, as well as sharing information and experience; 13. URGES AU Member States to demonstrate more commitment and to continue mobilizing for the signing and ratification of the OAU/AU treaties/instruments, as well as their implementation, in particular the signing and ratification of instruments that are essential for the full and effective implementation of the AU Master Roadmap. In this context and considering the outcomes of the study conducted in 2008, as well as the reasons provided by Member States on the non-signature, non-ratification and non-implementation of the treaties/agreements, REQUESTS the AU Commission to convene a meeting of experts of AU Member States to review the OAU/AU treaty making process and make recommendations that will be submitted for consideration by the relevant AU policy organs in the course of 2017. In this regard, a report of the outcome of this process should be submitted to the ordinary session of the Assembly of the Union in January 2018; 14. ENCOURAGES AU Member States to speed up signing and ratification of the Arms Trade Treaty adopted the UN General Assembly on 2 April 2013, which has the potential to play an important role in silencing the guns in Africa; 15. CALLS ON AU partners to adhere and fully support the implementation of the AU Master Roadmap.