PSC/MIN/COMM.(DXXVI) Page 3 12. Notes that in the Agreement on the Principles on Transitional Arrangements Towards Resolution of the Crisis in South Sudan, signed in Addis Ababa, on 25 August 2014, and in the document titled Areas of Agreement on the Establishment of the Transitional Government of National Unity (TGoNU), signed in Addis Ababa, on 1 February 2015, the Parties, namely the Government of the Republic of South Sudan and the SPLM/IO, have addressed issues relating to impunity, justice, accountability and reconciliation; 13. Congratulates the Chair of the AU Commission of Inquiry on South Sudan, former President Olusegun Obasanjo, and the other members of the Commission, namely Honorable Sophia Akuffo, Ms. Bineta Diop, Professor Mahmood Mamdani and Professor Pacifique Manirakiza, for their hard work and commitment in the discharge of their mandate; 14. Expresses appreciation to IGAD, the countries of the region, the United Nations (UN) and other international stakeholders for the cooperation extended to the AUCISS; 15. Agrees, following submission to Council of the report of the AUCISS and of the Separate Opinion, on the following steps to expedite the in-depth consideration of the recommendations contained therein and their subsequent implementation: (i) establishment by Council of an Ad hoc sub-Committee, comprising of Algeria, Chad, Ethiopia, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania and Uganda, to consider the report of the AUCISS and the Separate Opinion and make recommendations on the way forward; (ii) submission by the Ad hoc sub-Committee of its report, along with recommendations on the way forward, to all members of Council by the third week of August 2015; (iii) meeting of Council, at the level of the Heads of State and Government, by the end of August 2015, to consider the recommendations of the Ad hoc sub-Committee and take the required decisions; 16. Further invites the Chairperson of the Commission to formally transmit the present communique to the South Sudanese stakeholders, as well as to the UN Security Council and other AU partners, in order to enlist their support; 17. Decides to remain actively seized of the matter.