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and means to ensure accountability, reconciliation and healing among all South Sudanese
communities. Council requests that the above‐mentioned Commission submit its report to Council
within a maximum period of three months;
9.
Expresses its intention to take appropriate measures, including targeted sanctions, against
all those who incite people to violence, including along ethnic lines, continue hostilities, undermine
the envisaged inclusive dialogue, hinder humanitarian operations, undermine the protection
mandate of UMISS and carry out acts of violence against civilians and unarmed combatants, and to
seek the support of the UN Security Council. Council requests the Commission, working closely with
IGAD, to initiate preparatory steps in this regard;
10.
Welcomes the efforts being made by the UN, and notes with appreciation the adoption by
the UN Security Council of resolution 2132 (2013) authorizing an increase in the strength of
UNMISS, to support the protection of civilians and the delivery of humanitarian assistance. Council
calls upon all AU Member States having troops and police personnel in UN peacekeeping
operations to support the increase in UNMISS strength by making available military and police
personnel, as well as assets, through inter‐Mission cooperation and calls upon those African
countries concerned to facilitate the movements of UN military and police personnel to South
Sudan;
11.
Notes with appreciation the efforts being made by all other international stakeholders,
including the United States, China, Norway and the EU. Council encourages all relevant states and
organizations to use their influence with the South Sudanese stakeholders, so that they bring the
current violence to an end and engage in unconditional dialogue;
12.
Requests the Chairperson of the Commission, in close consultation with the Chairperson of
IGAD, to submit to Council a comprehensive report on the evolution of the situation and the
implementation of this decision, at its meeting at the level of Heads of State and Government,
scheduled to take place in Addis Ababa, on the margins of the 23rd Ordinary Session of the Assembly
of the Union, at the end of January 2014. In the meantime, Council requests the Commission to
formally submit to it, within one week, an update on the response of the parties to the demands
made by IGAD and the AU regarding the immediate and unconditional cessation of hostilities and
the initiation of an unconditional and inclusive dialogue, including the confidence building
measures, as contained in paragraph 7 (i) and (ii) of the present communiqué;
13.
Further requests the Chairperson of the Commission to transmit the present communiqué
to the UN Secretary‐General and, through him, to the UN Security Council, as well as to other
international partners, in order to mobilize their support for the African‐led efforts;
14.
Decides to remain actively seized of the situation.