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cooperation and partnership and looks forward to the launching of formal negotiations. Council
urges the international community to extend its full support to the Sudanese parties, as well as
to the AUHIP facilitation, in accordance with the Mekelle MoU;
6.
Expresses concern at the prevailing security situation in Darfur, and calls on all parties
to demonstrate restraint and refrain from actions likely to further complicate the situation.
Council encourages the parties to the Doha process led by the AU‐UN Joint Mediator and the
Government of Qatar to intensify their efforts towards achieving further progress, and urges
the Movements that are not in Doha to join the process;
7.
Reiterates, as stressed by the AUPD in its report, that the problem of Darfur requires a
comprehensive and inclusive political settlement , that addresses all the issues of peace, justice
and reconciliation and involves all stakeholders, including the GoS, the armed belligerents,
political parties, IDPs, refugees, traditional leaders, native administration, pastoralist groups
and civil society. In this respect, Council expresses its full support to the early convening of the
Darfur‐Darfur Conference as envisaged by the AUHIP, and calls on all concerned to extend the
necessary cooperation and support;
8.
Expresses its appreciation to IGAD and the League of Arab States, as well as to the EU,
the United Nations, the US and Norway and other AU partners for their support, and calls on
the international community as a whole to fully rally behind the AU and support the work of the
Panel and the efforts of the Sudanese stakeholders, for Africa’s leadership and Sudanese
ownership are the key ingredients for a successful peace and reconciliation process in the
Sudan;
9.
Welcomes the convening, at the initiative of the Chairperson of the Commission, in
Addis Ababa on 7 May 2010, of the Strategic Review Meeting between the AU Commission and
the UN Secretariat, as well as the inaugural meeting of the Sudan Consultative Forum as
provided for in its Abuja decision of 29 October 2009. Council stresses that the Forum, which is
co‐chaired by the AU and the UN, provides an effective framework for the coordination of
international engagement and that no efforts should be spared to avoid parallel initiatives and
forums that have the potential to complicate efforts towards peace in the Sudan. In this
respect, Council stresses the importance of effective follow‐up and implementation of the
conclusions of both meetings;
10.
Decides to remain actively seized of the matter.