Assembly/AU/Dec.268(XIV) Rev.1 Page 5 22. NOTES WITH SATISFACTION the continued progress being made towards postconflict reconstruction and peace-building in Liberia, and URGES the international community to continue to provide the necessary support to the ongoing efforts. The Assembly COMMENDS the Government of Liberia for initiating a process to formulate the best strategy for implementing the final report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC); 23. REITERATES THE FIRM CONDEMNATION by the African Union of the deliberate massacres and acts of violence perpetrated by elements of the Guinean armed and security forces against unarmed civilians in the Conakry Stadium on 28 September 2009, and STRESSES the need to bring to justice the authors of these massacres and those who ordered them, in conformity with the AU principles on combating impunity. The Assembly WELCOMES the signing in Ouagadougou, on 15 January 2010, of the Joint Ouagadougou Declaration, under the aegis of President Blaise Compaoré, in his capacity as Mediator of the Guinean crisis, which marks a significant step in the process for the return to constitutional order and the resolution of the crisis in Guinea, in accordance with the relevant AU and ECOWAS decisions. The Assembly PLEDGES the commitment of the AU to mobilize support required for the implementation of the Ouagadougou Declaration, and EXPRESSES ITS APPRECIATION to President Blaise Compaoré of Burkina Faso for his efforts towards resolving the crisis; 24. COMMENDS the work of the International Contact Group (ICG), under the cochairmanship of ECOWAS and AU, for its ongoing efforts aimed at resolving the crisis in Guinea. In that regard, the Assembly TAKES NOTE of the outcome of the most recent meeting of the ICG, held on 26 January 2010, in particular its invitation to the AU, ECOWAS and all AU partners to review the sanctions imposed on Guinea, in the course of the crisis, in light of recent positive developments in that country; 25. COMMENDS the return of Mauritania to constitutional order, and the mediation role played by the President of the Republic of Senegal, H.E. Abdoulaye Wade, with the support of the international community, through the International Contact Group on Mauritania under the leadership of the AU. The Assembly ENCOURAGES the holding, during the first half of 2010, of a meeting with bilateral and multilateral partners for the purpose of mobilizing financial and economic support for Mauritania, and FURTHER ENCOURAGES the Mauritanian parties to fully implement the Dakar Agreement; 26. NOTES WITH SATISFACTION the progress made in the process for the stabilization of Guinea Bissau since the presidential elections of June-July 2009, and REQUESTS the Chairperson of the Commission, in close collaboration with ECOWAS, to continue to work towards the implementation of the provisions of the Tripoli Plan of Action on Guinea Bissau, particularly those on the reconstruction and reform of the security sector, through the deployment of a joint AU-ECOWAS Adopted by the Fourteenth Ordinary Session of the Assembly in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on 2 February 2010