PSC/PR/COMM.1 (DXLV) Page 2 2010, and requests the Commission, in consultation with the Comorian authorities, to take the necessary initiatives to ensure a more effective follow-up of the outcome of that Conference. At the same time, Council encourages the Comorian authorities to redouble their efforts to improve the economic and financial management of their country, on the basis of the principles of transparency and good governance; 7. Welcomes the efforts of the Commission to support the delimitation process of the maritime boundary between the Comoros and Madagascar, within the framework of the AU Border Programme (AUBP), particularly the objective of ensuring the delimitation and demarcation by 2017 of African borders where such an exercise has not yet taken place, in accordance with decision Assembly/AU/Dec. 369 (XVII), adopted by the 17th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the Union, held in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, from 30 June to 1 July 2013. Council encourages the Commission to pursue the efforts thus initiated; 8. Endorses the recommendation of the Commission on the revision of the mandate of the AU Liaison Office in the Comoros, as follows: (i) ensure the monitoring of political developments in the Comoros, as well as of developments relating to the issue of the Comorian island of Mayotte ; (ii ) facilitate the mobilisation and coordination of the necessary support to the overall efforts to consolidate the reconciliation and stabilization process in the Comoros, including aspects related to elections; and (iii) facilitate the implementation, in the Comoros, of the relevant decisions of the AU policy organs and thematic AU programmes related to peace building. Council requests the Commission, in the interest of rationalisation, to consider the closing, in the middle of next year at the latest, of the AU Liaison Office in the Comoros, whose functions will then be transferred to the AU Liaison Office in Madagascar; 9. Requests the Commission to keep it informed of the evolution of the situation in the Comoros, particularly in view of the elections scheduled in February and April 2016, as well as of developments relating to the Island of Mayotte; 10. Decides to remain actively seized of the matter.

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