PSC/MIN/Comm.(XLVI) Page 2 efforts to persuade the Sudanese parties to make compromise on the outstanding issues, iii) Stresses the need for increased engagement at the highest level by African leaders and other stakeholders, to bring the parties to honour their commitments and negotiate in good faith with a view to ending violence in Darfur and concluding a peace agreement by the end of April 2006, b) In order to improve the security, humanitarian and human rights situation, Council: i) Requests the Commission to immediately take all necessary steps for the consistent, flexible, broad and robust interpretation of the mandate provided for in paragraph 3 above and the tasks deriving thereof as spelt out in Communiqué PSC/PR/Comm.(XVII) adopted at its 17th meeting held on 20 October 2004 and in light of the Conclusions [MSC/EXP/Con.(III)] of the 3rd meeting of the Military Staff Committee (MSC) held on 25 April 2005 as endorsed by the 28th meeting of the PSC held on 28 April 2005 [PSC/PR/Comm.(XXVIII)], in order to ensure a more forceful protection of the civilian population, ii) Further requests the Commission to vigorously pursue its efforts towards reaching, as quickly as possible, the authorized strength of AMIS i.e. 6,171 military personnel, with an appropriate civilian component, including up to 1,560 police personnel, iii) Also requests the Commission to take all necessary steps for the full implementation of the recommendations made by the AU-led Assessment Mission that visited Darfur from 10 to 20 December 2005, in order to enhance the capacity of AMIS in the short and medium terms, in particular with respect to operational and tactical planning, command and control, protection of civilians, joint operations management, training, use of personnel and civil military coordination, iv) Demands that the parties cease all acts of violence and atrocities on the ground, particularly those committed against the civilian population, humanitarian workers and agencies and AMIS personnel, and to fully comply with their commitments under the N’djamena Humanitarian Ceasefire Agreement of 8 April 2004 and the Abuja Protocols on Humanitarian and Security Issues of 9 November 2004, as well as with the decisions of the Joint Commission and relevant resolutions and decisions of the United Nations Security Council and the PSC. In particular, Council, once again, demands that: • the Government of the Sudan refrains from conducting hostile military flights in and over the Darfur region, expeditiously implement its stated commitment to neutralize and disarm the Janjaweed/armed militias, and identify and declare those militias