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Forces signatory to the Linas-Marcoussis and Accra II Agreements of their
participation in the Government;
2.
Underscores that the existence of militias and parallel forces is a serious
obstacle to the peace process in Cote d’Ivoire. In this respect, the Peace and
Security Council strongly urges the authorities and all the Ivorian political
forces to do their level best to put an end to this situation;
3.
Urges all Ivorian parties to exercise restraint and display a sense of
responsibility and refrain from any action likely to exacerbate the tension, and
calls upon them to resume dialogue and to create conducive conditions for the
return to the Government of National Reconciliation of the parties and opposition
movements which had suspended their participation. The Peace and Security
Council also urges all the Ivorian parties to commit themselves to ensure
unconditionally the full implementation of Linas-Marcoussis Agreement;
4.
Encourages the Chairperson of the African Union to consider, together
with the Secretary-General of the United Nations, the Executive Secretary of
ECOWAS and the Secretary-General of the OIF, any initiative likely to assist all
the stakeholders in the on-going reconciliation process in Cote d’Ivoire, to regain
the serenity, the confidence and the political will necessary for the continued
implementation of the Linas-Marcoussis Agreement and the organization, in
2005, of free, fair and transparent legislative and presidential elections, in
conducive conditions;
5.
Expresses gratitude to the United Nations for the deployment of ONUCI,
and to ECOWAS for the sustained efforts deployed in Cote d’Ivoire in a very
difficult environment;
6.
Welcomes the establishment by the United Nations of a Commission to
inquire into the events of 25, 26 and 27 March 2004;
7.
Commends the AU Commission, including the Special Representative of
the Chairperson of the Commission, for its contribution to the efforts to ensure
the successful conclusion of the reconciliation process in Cote d’Ivoire.
E.
ON THE SITUATION IN THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO
(DRC) :
The Peace and Security Council,