PSC/PR/COMM.(CDLXXXVIII) Page 3 11. Commends the FARDC and MONUSCO on their joint operations in Beni and its environs to fully neutralize the ADF/NALU, and stresses the urgent need for the completion of these operations, considering in particular the massacre, by the ADF/NALU, of hundreds of innocent civilians in this region. Council welcomes the support provided by the FARDC and MONUSCO to the affected civilian populations; 12. Welcomes the efforts made by the Government of the DRC to honor its commitments under the Nairobi Declarations of 12 December 2013 which concluded the Kampala Dialogue between the Government and the former rebellion of the M23, and notes with appreciation the results already obtained. Council calls for the acceleration of the implementation process of the Nairobi Declarations, including aspects related to the amnesty and the voluntary repatriation of M23 ex-combatants; 13. Welcomes the signing by the DRC and Uganda, on 16 December 2014, in Entebbe, of a Memorandum of Understanding which enabled the DRC to recover the weapons and other equipment of war carried away by the M23 elements, and through which the two countries agreed to take practical steps to facilitate the repatriation, on a voluntary basis, of the M23 excombatants eligible for amnesty. Council notes with satisfaction the repatriation of almost 500 elements of the ex-M23, as announced by the DRC, and encourages other concerned elements already beneficiaries of the amnesty to join the ongoing process; 14. Further welcomes the signing in Kigali, on 3 February 2015, of a joint communiqué between the DRC and Rwanda, to facilitate the return to the DRC of elements of the ex-M23 located in Rwanda and who are among the amnesty beneficiaries; 15. Stresses the need for renewed efforts to implement the socio-economic aspects of the PSC Framework, including through the enhancement of regional cooperation and integration and the promotion of private investment, as provided for in the Plan of Action endorsed by the 3rd meeting of the Regional Oversight Mechanism, held in Addis Ababa on 31 January 2014. In this regard, Council notes with satisfaction the outcome of the regional consultations on the possibilities of private investment in the Great Lakes Region, held in Luanda on 17 and 18 December 2014, and the convening of a Conference on Private Investment in the Great Lakes Region; 16. Calls for the accelerated allocation and disbursement of the additional US$ 1 billion in funding to the Great Lakes Region announced by the World Bank Group in May 2013 to help countries in the region provide better health and education services, generate more crossborder trade and fund hydroelectricity projects, in support of the PSC Framework. Council notes that this funding will help revitalize economic development, create employment and improve the lives of the people, and therefore represents an important peace dividend; 17. Requests the Chairperson of the Commission to take the necessary steps to enhance the capacity of the AU Office for the Great Lakes Region, in order to enable the AU to further contribute to the implementation process of the PSC Framework and to support more