PSC/AHG/2(CCL) Annex 4 Page 14 played by different components of Ivorian society, the facilitation by President Blaise Compaoré, and the contribution of a number of other partners, including the United Nations. (i) Liberia and Sierra Leone 46. Liberia and Sierra Leone have continued to make sustained progress towards peace building and post-conflict reconstruction, focusing both on the strengthening of national institutions and socio-economic recovery and development. Furthermore, preparations are ongoing in Liberia for the smooth holding of general elections next year. Needless to stress the need for continued support from Africa and the larger international community to help Liberia and Sierra Leone consolidate the remarkable achievements made over the past few years. (j) Guinea Bissau 47. The Tripoli Special Session took a number of decisions on Guinea Bissau, among which mention should be made of the early deployment of a joint AU-ECOWAS stabilization mission; the conduct of a credible investigation into the political killings committed in the country in 2009; and the implementation of security sector reform. In line with these decisions, the Commission has intensified its efforts to support the stabilization process in Guinea Bissau. In this regard, a joint AU/ECOWAS assessment mission visited Guinea Bissau from 30 October to 10 November 2009. In addition, and in anticipation of the subsequent deployment of the stabilization mission, the Commission has operationalized the AU Liaison Office in Guinea Bissau, headed by a Special Representative in the person of Professor Sebastião da Silva Isata, former Vice Minister of External Relations of Angola. 48. On the spot, my Special Representative, upon taking office on 4 October 2010, launched several initiatives to strengthen the cohesion at the head of the State apparatus, with the improvement of relations between the President of the Republic, Malam Bacai Sanha, and Prime Minister Carlos Gomes Jr., and create the required political conditions for the deployment of the stabilization mission and acceleration of the reform of the security sector. Furthermore, Bissau-Guinean Parliament has accepted the AU proposal aimed, on the one hand, at the adoption of legislation criminalizing the possession, transfer, processing and trafficking of drugs and, on the other, the creation of a Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Finally, the judicial authorities of GuineaBissau have shown a renewed determination to carry out criminal investigations into the killings of March and June 2009. Council may wish to encourage the authorities of Guinea-Bissau to pursue the efforts that they have so far engaged. (k) Western Sahara 49. In the Tripoli Plan of Action, the Heads of State and Government expressed AU’s support to the UN efforts to overcome the current impasse and to relevant Security Council resolutions. To this end, they called for the intensification of efforts towards the