PSC/AHG/2(CCL) Annex 4 Page 4 Assembly/AU/Dec.269(XIV) Rev.1, to speedily appoint an independent Rapporteur, who will prepare a report on the progress made in the democratization processes on the continent, for consideration by Council, as part of the powers entrusted to it by Article 7(m) of the Protocol Relating to the Establishment of the Peace and Security Council. (c) Post-conflict Reconstruction and Development (PCRD) 11. In the Tripoli Declaration, the Heads of State and Government committed themselves, within the framework of the AU Policy on Post-Conflict Reconstruction and Development (PCRD), to show the required solidarity with the African countries emerging from conflicts, and to assist them in consolidating their hard-won peace and avoiding relapse into violence. In the coming months, the Commission intends to organize Solidarity Conferences with a number of African countries emerging from conflicts, in particular Burundi and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), as a follow-up to the multi-disciplinary assessment mission that visited those two countries from 21st January to 22 February 2010, as well as the Sudan, which received a delegation of the AU Ministerial Committee on Post-conflict Reconstruction and Development, from 23 to 26 October 2010. I appeal to Member States, in line with the pledge made, to seize the opportunity of the planned Conferences to contribute to postconflict endeavors in those countries. Other steps are planned by the Commission, including the sharing of experiences in the area of governance among countries emerging from conflicts, building on the outcome of the workshop organized by the Commission on the lessons learnt from Liberia’s Governance, Economic and Management Assistance Programme (GEMAP), in Freetown, Sierra Leone, from 16 to 19 August 2010. (d) Prevention and combating of Terrorism 12. Since the Tripoli Special Session, the Commission has taken a number of steps to address the issue of terrorism. Among others, mention should be made of the submission to the 249th meeting of Council held on 22 November 2010, in pursuance of decision Assembly/AU/Dec.311(XV) adopted by the 15th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the Union, of a report outlining measures that could be taken to strengthen counter-terrorism cooperation and the adoption by that meeting of a decision on this matter, the appointment of an AU Special Representative for Counter-Terrorism Cooperation, and the finalization of a draft anti-terrorism model law. Efforts continue also to be made to cut off the sources of funding for terrorism, in particular those originating from the payment of ransom in situations of hostage taking. (e) Enhancement of the capacity of African Universities and Research Institutes 13. In the Tripoli Declaration, the Heads of State and Government, having stressed that making and sustaining peace and security is also an intellectual challenge, undertook to build the capacity of African universities and research institutes to explore the nature of African conflicts, to investigate what succeeds and what fails in conflict