Assembly/AU/Dec.644(XXIX) Page 7 for the Immediate Response to Crisis (ACIRC), in particular with regard to the status of readiness in line with the Luanda Declaration of December 2016; 21. CALLS ON the RECs/ RMs and Member States to prioritize implementation of the Post Conflict Reconstruction and Development Policy (PCRD) and to recommit themselves to the African Solidarity Initiative, placing it as a priority in the spirit of African solidarity; EXPRESSES ITS APPRECIATION to AU partners and CALLS ON them to pursue and intensify their support to AU’s PCRD activities; 22. REAFFIRMS the imperative need for Africa, within the framework of APSA, to encourage and strengthen its action in crisis and conflict prevention in this regard, URGES the Peace and Security Council, the Panel of the Wise and the Commission, in relation with Member States and RECs/RMs, in close cooperation with the UN and other relevant actors, to redouble efforts for conflict prevention, in particular with regard to conflict and violence related to elections in the continent, in line with the relevant provisions of the Protocol relating to the establishment of Peace and Security Council and the African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance; 23. TAKES NOTE with satisfaction the steps taken towards the implementation of its decisions on the AU Peace Fund; ENDORSES the communiqué of the 689th meeting of the PSC, in particular the governance structures and eligibility criteria of the Peace Fund, taking into consideration representation of AU Member States in the governing structures of the Peace Fund, based on regional representation, and the modalities to implement it, in addition to the operating costs of the Fund; FURTHER ENDORSESthe scope of operations to be submitted, on a case by case basis, for authorization by the UN Security Council and subsequent financing through UN assessed contributions; THANKS those Member States that have already paid their annual contribution to the Peace Fund and URGES those who have not yet done so as to expedite the payment of their contributions as soon as possible; PAYS TRIBUTE to the High Representative for the Peace Fund and the Financing of the Union, Dr. Donald Kaberuka, for his relentless efforts towards the implementation of the AU Peace Fund; 24. WELCOMES the signing, on 19 April 2017, of the AU-UN Framework on Enhanced Partnership in Peace and Security, and ENCOURAGES the Chairperson of the Commission, including through his High Representative for the Peace Fund and the Financing of the Union, Dr. Donald Kaberuka, to continue engaging the UN towards greater support to AU’s peace efforts, in line with Chapter VIII of the UN Charter in this regard, REQUESTS the Chairperson of the Commission to take forward the political engagement to secure, in the course of 2017, a substantive UN Security Council Resolution on the use of assessed contributions to support AU mandated or authorized missions in 2017; 25. WELCOMES the commitment of the A3 Group, namely Egypt, Ethiopia and Senegal to continue to promote and defend African common interests and