PSC/PR/BR.2(DLX) Page 2 Council welcomed the steps taken by the Commission as part of the implementation of communiqué PSC/AHG/COMM.(CDLV). In this respect, Council noted the support that continues to be rendered to regional security cooperation initiatives. Council noted with satisfaction the holding of the first meeting of the Ministers of Defense and Chiefs of Defense Staff of the member countries of the Nouakchott Process on the Enhancement of Security Cooperation and the Operationalization of the African Peace and Security Architecture (APSA) in the Sahelo-Saharan Region, in Bamako, Mali, from 2 to 4 September 2015, and urged for an active follow-up of the Conclusions of this meeting. Council further noted with satisfaction the progress being made within the framework of the Djibouti Process on the Enhancement of Security Cooperation in the East Africa Region, with the convening of the 2nd meeting of the Heads of Intelligence and Security Services (HISS), in Kampala, Uganda, from 14 to 15 July 2015. Council looks forward to the convening of the 3rd meeting of the East Africa Region HISS, planned to take place in Addis Ababa, on 7 and 8 December 2015, and to the signing, on that occasion, of the Memorandum of Understanding on the Establishment of the Eastern Africa Fusion and Liaison Unit (EA-FLU). Council welcomed the progress made by the Regional Cooperation Initiative for the Elimination of the Lord’s Resistance Army (RCI-LRA) in the discharge of its mandate. Council also welcomed the efforts being made by the member countries of the Lake Chad Basin Commission (LCBC) and Benin, through the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF), to neutralize the Boko Haram terrorist group. Council commended the AU Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) and the Somali National Security Forces for their continued efforts to neutralize the Al-Shabaab Al Qaeda-linked terrorist group. Council commended the Commission for its efforts to operationalize the African Mechanism for Police Cooperation (AFRIPOL), in line with decision EX.CL/Dec.820(XXV), adopted by the Executive Council at its 25th Ordinary Session held in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, from 20 to 24 June 2014. Council looks forward to the 2nd meeting of the African Police Chiefs scheduled to take place in Algiers, Algeria, from 13 to 14 December 2015, and during which the founding documents of AFRIPOL, including its Statute, and other relevant documents, such as the programme of work of AFRIPOL, are expected to be adopted. Council noted the support extended by the Commission to the Southern African Development Community (SADC) towards the development of a regional counter-terrorism strategy, which was endorsed by the 35th Summit of the SADC Heads of State and Government, held in Gaborone, Botswana, from 17 to 18 August 2015, as well as towards capacity building for countering violent extremism (CVE), including the decision to establish a regional CVE Observatory taken during the regional workshop organized by the African Center on the Study and Research on Terrorism (ACSRT), in collaboration with SADC, in Swakopmund, Namibia, from 10 to 11 November 2015, on the theme “Prevention and Combating of Violent of Extremism and Radicalization that lead to Terrorism”. Council welcomed the secondment by Sudan and Tunisia, at their own cost, of staff to the ACSRT, in line with the relevant provisions of communiqué PSC/AHG/COMM.(CDLV). Council urged other Member States to favorably consider requests for secondment as may be submitted by the Commission.