PSC/PR/Comm.(XXXIII) – (i) Page 3 defining its role in the region in support for efforts to further peace in Eastern DRC; 5. Notes with concern that, nearly three months after the publication of the Rome Declaration of 31 March 2005, by which the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR), among other things, made a commitment to renounce the armed struggle, join in the process of the voluntary disarmament and return peacefully to Rwanda, no commencement of the implementation of their commitments has yet been observed on ground, despite the facilities put in place by MONUC toward this end, including the opening of several transit camps. Council further notes with concern the intensification of the armed attacks and other acts of violence against the population of the two Kivus, as well as against the Armed Forces of the DRC present in the region; 6. Requests to get the leaders of the FDLR to honour fully, unconditionally and without delay, the commitments contained in the Rome Declaration. Council encourages the Government of the DRC, the other countries of the region and the other members of the international community to do their utmost to get the FDLR to honour their commitments as entered into in the Rome Declaration, without delay and unconditionally; 7. Reiterates the AU’s determination to contribute to the effective disarmament and neutralization of the ex-FAR/Interahamwé and other armed groups in Eastern DRC in conformity with Decision PSC/AHG/Comm.(XXIII). In this respect, Council invites Member States to indicate their readiness to contribute troops to the envisaged African Force; 8. Requests the Chairperson of the Commission to expedite preparations towards the early deployment in DRC of the African Force envisaged in decision, PSC/AHG/Comm.(XXIII). In this regard, Council requests the Chairperson of the Commission to urgently dispatch to the DRC, and also to Rwanda, Burundi and Uganda, a reconnaissance mission, as recommended by the meeting of Military Experts of Member States of the PSC Military Staff Committee, as well as by the Meeting of the AU Committee on the DRC held in Addis Ababa on 22 April 2005, and which will include representatives of potential Troop Contributing Countries (TCCs); 9. Further requests the Chairperson of the Commission to undertake the necessary consultations with the United Nations, as well as other AU Partners, including the European Union, so as to keep them updated on the progress of the efforts invested to implement Decision PSC/AHG/Comm.(XXIII) and mobilize their logistical, financial and technical support towards the deployment of an African Force in the DRC; 10. Invites the Chairperson of the Commission, at the end of the reconnaissance mission, to submit to it a report on all aspects of the planned