Final Version PSC/AHG/Comm. (XXIII) Page 3 In this regard, Council encourages any measures aimed at ensuring that the Ivorian Radio and Television (RTI) broadcast over the whole national territory and that the media contribute to promote a climate of reconciliation and tolerance; 10. Welcomes the establishment of joint patrols comprising elements of the National Armed Forces of Côte d’Ivoire (FANCI) and the United Nations Operation in Côte d’Ivoire (ONUCI) with a view to restoring lasting security in the city of Abidjan and its suburbs. In this regard, Council requests the United Nations Security Council to substantially increase the strength of ONUCI, including through the contribution of African forces to enable it contribute effectively to the restoration of security in Abidjan and elsewhere in the country, and strengthen its mandate appropriately; 11. Supports the arms embargo imposed on Côte d’Ivoire under Resolution 1572(2004) and requests the Ivorian Parties and all AU Member States, particularly the neighbouring States, to scrupulously comply with the embargo. Council requests the United Nations Security Council to provide the necessary assistance to the States neighbouring Côte d’Ivoire to facilitate the compliance with the arms embargo; 12. Supports also the individual measures provided for under paragraphs 9 and 11 of Resolution 1572. However, Council requests that their entry into force be deferred to enable the Ivorian Parties to provide proof of their willingness to implement the proposals listed in paragraph 4 of the present communiqué; 13. Requests the Ivorian authorities to take the following support measures likely to contribute to the defusing of the situation and the establishment of a climate conducive to the organization of elections under international supervision and within the stipulated timeframe. These measures would be as follows: • authorize the political parties which so wish, to replace their current representatives on the Independent Electoral Commission; • compensate the Ivorian people who were victims of the civil war, foreign citizens expelled and/or expropriated during and in the aftermath of the events of September 2002 and November 2004, the political associations whose headquarters were looted and destroyed and the political personalities whose movable and immovable property were also vandalized;