Assembly/AU/Dec.369(XVII) Page 2 Comoros and EXPRESSES ITS DEEP CONCERN regarding the pursuit by France of its current policy, in particular the transformation of Mayotte into an overseas, province (Département); 7. WELCOMES the signing, on 9 June 2011, of the Kampala Accord between the President of the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) of Somalia, Mr. Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, and the Speaker of the Transitional Federal Parliament (TFP), Mr. Shariff Hassan Sheikh Aden, which seeks to end the current transitional period with deferral of elections for one (1) year. The Assembly TAKES NOTE of the resignation of Prime Minister Mohamed Abdullahi Mohammed “Farmajo” and the decision of the TFG President to appoint Mr. Abdiweli Mohamed Ali as the new Prime Minister, who has since been endorsed by the TFP, and ENCOURAGES the speedy completion of the consultations for the formation of a new cabinet and its subsequent endorsement by the Parliament. The Assembly UNDERLINES that the expeditious implementation of the Kampala Accord will go a long way in consolidating the important military gains made on the ground by the TFG, with the support of African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM); 8. EXPRESSES ITS APPRECIATION to AMISOM personnel for its valuable contribution to the peace and reconciliation process in Somalia, and PAYS TRIBUTE to the Troop Contributing Countries, namely Uganda and Burundi. The Assembly APPEALS to Member States that pledged troops to honor their commitments, as well as to the international community to lend the necessary support to AMISOM. The Assembly REITERATES ITS CALL to the United Nations Security Council to authorize the deployment of a UN peace keeping operation in Somalia and, in the meantime, to provide a more adequate support to AMISOM, in line with the requests contained in communiqué PSC/MIN/1(CCXXXXV) of the 245th meeting of the PSC, held on 15 October 2010; 9. REITERATES ITS CONCERN at the continued impasse in the peace process between Eritrea and Ethiopia. The Assembly EMPHASIZES, ONCE AGAIN, the need for renewed African efforts to help the two countries to peacefully resolve their dispute, normalize their relations and lay the foundation for lasting peace and security in the Horn of Africa, and ENCOURAGES the two countries to extend the necessary cooperation to any such efforts, including those to be deployed by the Chairperson of the Commission; 10. REITERATES ITS CALL ON Djibouti and Eritrea to pursue, in good faith, the scrupulous implementation of the 6 June 2010 Agreement, concluded under the auspices of Qatar, in order to resolve their border dispute and consolidate the normalization of their relations, and REQUESTS the Commission to closely follow the situation and make every effort to facilitate progress; 11. FURTHER REITERATES the need to develop a regional approach to the challenges of peace, security and stability in the Horn of Africa, as stressed in paragraph 12 of Decision Assembly/AU/Dec. 338(XVI) Rev.1. In this respect, the