PSC/MIN/Comm.(XLVI) Page 4 ii) Requests the Facilitators of the Tripoli Agreement to remain actively engaged in the efforts to defuse the tension on the ground and normalize the relations between Chad and the Sudan and ensure the effective functioning of the existing mechanisms agreed upon in the Tripoli Declaration and Agreement, iii) Further requests the Commission to take all necessary steps and extend all necessary assistance to contribute to the implementation of the Tripoli Declaration and Agreement. Council also requests the Commission to prepare and submit proposals on how best AMIS can assist in the implementation of the Tripoli Declaration and Agreement, including the necessary adjustment to its current mandate; 5. Reiterates that, given the progress made in the initial stabilization phase of Darfur and the ongoing efforts to conclude a peace agreement, steps should be taken to sustain the peace support operation in Darfur in 2006 and beyond, bearing in mind the requirements for an increased integration of the different aspects of the peace efforts. In this respect, Council welcomes the adoption by the Security Council, on 3 February 2006, of Presidential Statement S/PRST/2006/5 commending the efforts of the AU and requesting the Secretary-General to initiate contingency planning without delay, in close and continuing consultation with the Security Council, and in cooperation and close consultation with the parties to the Abuja Peace Talks, including the Government of National Unity, on a range of options for a possible transition from AMIS to a UN operation. Council takes note of the announcement by the Sudanese Government that Sudan is prepared to accept the deployment of a UN operation in Darfur after and as part of the conclusion of a peace agreement at the Abuja Talks. Consequently, Council requests the Chairperson of the Commission to continue his consultations with the United Nations, the Government of Sudan and other stakeholders on the modalities of the transition. Council further requests the Chairperson of the Commission to work closely with the United Nations Secretary-General on joint planning towards that end; 6. Stresses that the transition from AMIS to a UN operation in Darfur should be informed by the following: • The preparedness of the Government the Sudan to accept the deployment of a UN operation in Darfur, • That the decision on the mandate and size of any future UN peacekeeping operation in Darfur is informed by the evolving situation on the ground. In this respect, a successful outcome of the Abuja Peace Talks and a significant improvement in the security and humanitarian situation on the ground will be key factors in any decision by the UN Security Council on the nature of the peacekeeping operation in Darfur, • That the African character of the mission, including through its composition and leadership, is maintained in order, as much as possible, to secure the cooperation of all the parties, which is necessary to achieve a lasting solution to the conflict in Darfur,