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the Joint Political and Security Mechanism, to address outstanding matters
between the two countries, especially as these relate to the establishment of the
JBVMM;
7.
CALLS FOR the urgent implementation of the 20 June 2011 Agreement on the
Administration and Security of Abyei Area, especially the establishment of the
Council, Administration and Police Service; PAYS TRIBUTE to the United
Nations Interim Security Force (UNISFA) for Abyei for its contribution to the
maintenance of peace and security in the Abyei area;
8.
TAKES NOTE of the withdrawal of the Troops of the State of Qatar from the
border between Djibouti and Eritrea; and CALLS ON Djibouti and Eritrea to
exercise restraint in their border dispute; ENCOURAGES the Chairperson of the
Commission, with the necessary support of the two countries, to pursue his
efforts towards a peaceful solution to the dispute and the normalization of
relations and good neighbourhood between Djibouti and Eritrea;
9.
EXPRESSES ONCE MORE ITS CONCERN at the continuing political impasse
and the security situation in Libya; URGES the Libyan parties to overcome their
current political differences, with a view to readjusting consensually the Libya
Political Agreement, in order to enable its early implementation in a way that will
create conditions conducive to an all-inclusive dialogue for sustainable peace
and reconciliation in Libya; COMMENDS the AU High-Level Committee for Libya,
chaired by H.E. Denis Sassou Nguesso of Congo, which held its third meeting on
2 July 2017, in the margins of the current Ordinary session, and WELCOMES the
visit to Libya by an AU Ministerial delegation, including the Commissioner for
Peace and Security; ALSO COMMENDS the efforts by neighbouring countries,
as well as by the AU High Representative for Libya, former President Jakaya
Kikwete of Tanzania, and the United Nations, for their continuing engagement in
the search for a lasting solution to the Libyan crisis;
10.
APPEALS to all Congolese actors to work for the preservation of the still fragile
gains in the path of peace and stability in the DRC, in particular the effective and
consensual implementation of the 31 December 2016 Agreement, with a view to
organising elections, in December 2017in this regard,
WELCOMES the
initiatives taken thus far by the Chairperson of the Commission, including the
dispatching, from 29 to 30 May, in Kinshasa, of a mission led by Commissioner
for Peace and Security and comprising the representatives of the United Nations,
the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) and the
Southern African Development Community(SADC), guarantor institutions of the
Peace, Security and Cooperation Framework for the Democratic Republic of
Congo and the Region, signed on 24 February 2013, in Addis Ababa;
COMMENDS the DRC for its decision to ensure the financing of the electoral
process through Government budget and to avail to the Independent National
Electoral Commission (CENI) the necessary resources for the conduct of the
electoral process and the organisation of elections; CALLS FOR the urgent