Assembly/AU/Dec.644(XXIX) Page 8 positions on peace and security issues within the UN Security Council, in line with the conclusions of the High Level Seminars on Peace and Security held in Oran, Algeria; COMMENDS Egypt and Ethiopia for providing updates to the PSC on the activities of the A3 since January 2017; CONGRATULATES Cote D’Ivoire and Equatorial Guinea for their election as African Members of the UN Security Council for the period 2018/2019 and LOOKS FORWARD to their contributions towards fostering AU’s common interest and concerns in the UN Security Council, in line with the AU Assembly decision of January 2016; 26. ENDORSES the Conclusions of the Retreat of the Peace and Security Council on the Implementation of the Conclusions of Successive PSC Retreats and the Related Adoptive Decisions from 2007 to 2016, held from 3 to 5 May 2017, in Kigali, Rwanda.