Assembly/AU/Decl.3(X) Page 2 4. CALL UPON all Member States, especially the countries of the region, and the larger international community to stand by the legitimate Somali Institutions and provide adequate and concrete support in order to enhance their capacity, including that of the TFG and its security and defence forces; 5. URGE the United Nations Security Council to take measures against those who seek to prevent or block a peaceful political process, threaten the TFIs or AMISOM, or take action that undermines stability in Somalia or the region, in line with its intention as stated in Resolution 1772(2007); 6. COMMEND Uganda and Burundi for having contributed troops to AMISOM, Nigeria for the steps it has taken for imminent deployment of the battalion which it pledged to contribute to AMISOM and Rwanda for having contributed to the training of the Somali defense and security forces. We ALSO COMMEND Ethiopia for its invaluable assistance to the TFG; 7. STRONGLY APPEAL to Member States to provide the required troops and personnel to reach the authorized strength of AMISOM, as well as financial and logistical support, to facilitate the deployment of the Mission and the sustenance of its operations; 8. APPEAL to the AU partners to provide increased logistical and financial support for AMISOM, especially in view of the fact that the AU, in deploying an operation in Somalia, is also acting on behalf of the larger international community; 9. STRESS the need for the deployment of a United Nations peacekeeping operation in Somalia that will take over AMISOM and support the long-term stabilization and post-conflict reconstruction of Somalia; 10. APPEAL ONCE AGAIN to the United Nations Security Council to urgently take the necessary steps for the early deployment of such an operation, bearing in mind that it has the primary responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security; 11. APPEAL to the international community, including Member States, to continue to provide humanitarian assistance to the needy population in Somalia, and URGE that all necessary steps be taken to create conditions conducive to the provision of humanitarian assistance, including unhindered access to needy population and security for humanitarian workers and organizations; 12. AGREE to review the situation at its next ordinary session and to assess the status of implementation of the PSC decision of 18 January 2008 and agree on the best way forward, and in the meantime, REQUEST the PSC to regularly review the situation in Somalia.