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7.
Endorses the recommendations of the High‐Level Panel as contained in its report, as
well as the proposals made for an overall political solution to the crisis in Côte d'Ivoire,
which offer a viable basis for a way out of the crisis that reconciles respect for democracy
and the quest for peace. In this regard, Council recalls the provisions of paragraph 6 (c) of
the communiqué of its 259th meeting stating that the Panel's conclusions, as endorsed by
Council, will be binding on all Ivorian parties;
8.
Requests the Chairperson of the Commission to appoint a High Representative for
the implementation of the overall political solution, as endorsed by Council, and to
complete the process for a way out of the crisis as follows:
(i)
convening, under the auspices of the AU and ECOWAS, within the next two
weeks, of negotiations between the Ivorian parties to develop modalities for
the implementation of the proposals submitted by the High‐Level Panel as
endorsed by Council, with all the necessary guarantees for all concerned
actors, in particular for the outgoing President, H.E. Laurent Gbagbo,
(ii) mobilization of the support of AU partners for the early conclusion of the
Agreement for a way out of the crisis, and
(iii) submission, to a meeting of Council, of a comprehensive report on the results
of its efforts;
9.
Calls upon the Ivorian parties to extend full cooperation for the effective
implementation, within the agreed timeframe, of the Panel's proposals, and to refrain from
any action likely to complicate the situation and the process for a way out of the crisis;
10. Underlines its determination to take, in light of the results of the negotiations
referred to in paragraph 8 (i) hereof, and on the basis of the relevant instruments of the AU,
all measures that the situation would require;
11. Requests the Chairperson of the Commission to transmit this decision to the United
Nations Security Council, ECOWAS and other AU partners;
12. Decides to remain actively seized of the matter.