Assembly/AU/Dec.262(XIII) Page 1 DECISION ON THE SITUATION IN ZIMBABWE The Assembly, 1. WELCOMES the Report presented by President Jacob Zuma of South Africa, in his capacity as Chairperson of the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC), on efforts being deployed to support the implementation of the Global Political Agreement (GPA) signed by the Zimbabwean parties in Harare in September 2008; 2. FURTHER WELCOMES progress made in the implementation of the GPA and URGES the Zimbabwean parties to continue to display the necessary political will and determination to ensure the successful conclusion of the on-going efforts; 3. MAKES ONCE AGAIN AN URGENT APPEAL to all the concerned members of the international community for the immediate lifting of the sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe in order to facilitate the implementation of the GPA, as well as the socio-economic recovery of the country, and alleviate the suffering of the population; 4. APPEALS to Member States and the larger international community to provide the necessary assistance to the Zimbabwean Government, and REQUESTS the Commission, working closely with SADC, to pursue the efforts being deployed to that end, as well as those aimed at the immediate lifting of the sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe. In this respect, the Assembly COMMENDS SADC and its Member States for the steps taken in support of the implementation of the GPA and the socio-economic recovery of Zimbabwe. Adopted by the Thirteenth Ordinary Session of the Assembly in Sirte, Great Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya on 3 July 2009