Assembly/AU/Dec.629(XXVIII) Page 5 EXPRESSES its support for the efforts of the AU, Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) and the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) with the support of Angola, Chad and Congo for the finalization and conclusion of a Peace Agreement with all the armed groups and CALLS ON the partners, particularly the UN and the EU to provide full support to this African initiative. The Assembly also WELCOMES the convening, in Addis Ababa, on 1 February 2017, of the conference within the framework of the African Solidarity Initiative in support of the CAR; 13. TAKES NOTE with appreciation on the progress made in the implementation of the African Peace and Security Architecture (APSA) and the African Governance Architecture (AGA), and COMMENDS the efforts deployed by the PSC, in collaboration with the RECs/RMs and the AU Commission, as well as civil society, the UN, the EU and other partners, in ensuring the full functioning and working in synergy of the APSA components. The Assembly STRESSES the need to further enhance synergy between the APSA and AGA. The Assembly APPEALS to all AU Member States to continue to provide support towards attaining the objective of the full-functioning of the APSA components, in particular the African Standby Force, and WELCOMES the upcoming inauguration of the Continental Logistic Base in Douala, Cameroon, in May 2017; 14. EMPHASIZES the need for all AU Member States, in particular the PSC, to continue to give more focus on conflict prevention, early warning and early response, in order to prevent, for future, occurrence of full blown conflicts in the continent. Furthermore, the Assembly STRESSES the need to closely monitor those countries emerging from conflicts and to provide sustained support to them, with a view to accomplishing the tasks of post-conflict reconstruction and development, as a measure to prevent relapses; 15. COMMENDS the Peace and Security Council for the holding of the Retreat on Practical Steps to Silence the Guns by 2020, from 7 to 9 November 2016, in Lusaka, Zambia, which developed the African Union Master Roadmap of Practical Steps to Silence the Guns in Africa by Year 2020, to serve as a guideline in the implementation of the 50th Anniversary Solemn Declaration adopted on 26 May 2013. In this regard, the Assembly ENDORSES the African Union Master Roadmap of Practical Steps to Silence the Guns in Africa by year 2020, as a guideline for Africa’s efforts to this end and CALLS ON all AU Member States, Regional Economic Communities/Regional Mechanisms for Conflict Prevention (RECs/RMs) and the AU Commission, as well as civil society and the private sector in Africa to support its implementation; 16. ENDORSES the relevant conclusions and recommendations of the 4 th High Level Seminar on Peace and Security in Africa, held in Oran, Algeria, from 17 to 19 December 2016, aiming at strengthening coordination between the Peace and Security Council and the African Members (A3) in the UN Security Council, as well as enhancing their role in the promotion and defence of African interests and common positions on peace and security matters of concern to Africa, in the decision-making process of the UN Security 28th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the Union, 30 - 31 January 2017, Addis Ababa