Assembly/AU/Decl.3(XX) Page 4 AFISMA budget be covered by assessed contributions from AU Member States, and requests the Commission to take all necessary steps to this end; (g) invites Member States willing to contribute troops for AFISMA to notify the AU and ECOWAS Commissions of their intentions, within a period of one week, in order to facilitate the efforts aimed at enhancing AFISMA and appropriate arrangements for their deployment, as early as possible; and (h) requests the immediate neighbours of Mali to provide the necessary support in terms of intelligence and any other support that could facilitate the on-going operations, and the restoration of the authority of the Malian State on its entire national territory. In this respect, Council encourages the Commission to convene, as soon as possible, a meeting bringing together Mali’s neighbors, members of ECOWAS, the Joint Operational Command (CEMOC) and the Fusion and Liaison Unit (UFL), to facilitate coordination and enhance the effectiveness of the border monitoring measures; 8. EXPRESSES ONCE AGAIN, AU’s gratitude to all the bilateral and multilateral partners supporting AU and ECOWAS efforts in Mali. Council URGES the international partners to generously contribute financially and logistically to AFISMA and to the MDSF on the occasion of the donors’ conference of 29 January 2013, in line with the relevant provisions of resolution 2085 (2012). Council ALSO EXPRESSES APPRECIATION to the EU for its commitment to provide support to Mali, including through the deployment of a Training Team to contribute to capacity building efforts for the MDSF; 9. EXPRESSES ITS APPRECIATION to the United Nations Secretary-General for the arrangements already made in the context of the implementation of resolution 2085 (2012), including the establishment of a Trust Fund for AFISMA and the MDSF. Council, while recalling its request for the establishment of a support package funded by UN-assessed contributions, URGES the Security Council to authorize, in the meantime, the immediate establishment by the UN of temporary arrangements that would enable AFISMA to speedily deploy and effectively implement its mandate; 10. RENEWS AU’s support to President Dioncounda Traoré and to his Prime Minister Diango Cissoko, who have the responsibility of successfully carrying out the Transition, and URGES them to take the necessary steps for the elaboration and adoption of the Transition Roadmap, including measures to be taken for the holding of free, transparent and credible elections, ahead of the meeting of the Support and Follow-up Group scheduled to take place in Brussels, on 5 February 2013. Council ALSO ENCOURAGES the Malian authorities to resolutely work towards national reconciliation, including within the MDSF, as well as towards the emergence of a consensus on the key challenges at hand, in order to facilitate efforts aimed at addressing the root causes of the multidimensional crisis facing Mali;