Assembly/AU/Dec.222(XII) Page 1 DECISION ON THE REPORT OF THE PEACE AND SECURITY COUNCIL ON ITS ACTIVITIES AND THE STATE OF PEACE AND SECURITY IN AFRICA Doc. Assembly/AU/4 (XII) The Assembly: 1. TAKES NOTE of the report of the Peace and Security Council (PSC) on its activities and the state of peace and security in Africa; 2. WELCOMES the efforts deployed to promote peace, security and stability in Africa, as well as the progress made towards the operationalization of the African Peace and Security Architecture, particularly with respect to the Continental Early Warning System (CEWS) and the African Standby Force (ASF). The Assembly ENCOURAGES all parties concerned to redouble their efforts to resolve the ongoing conflicts and consolidate peace where it has been achieved. The Assembly also REQUESTS the Commission to continue supporting the ongoing processes and mobilizing the assistance of the international community to that effect; 3. STRESSES the need for more proactive efforts to prevent conflicts and, in this respect, REQUESTS the Chairperson of the Commission to submit to it a comprehensive report on the efforts undertaken so far to prevent conflicts and how best they could be enhanced; 4. EXPRESSES SERIOUS CONCERN at the resurgence of the scourge of coups d’état in the Continent which constitutes a serious political regression and a reversal of the ongoing democratization process in the Continent, requiring firm and unequivocal response on the part of Member States. The Assembly STRONGLY CONDEMNS the coups d’état that occurred in Mauritania and Guinea on 6 August and 23 December 2008 respectively, as well as the attempted coup d’état in Guinea Bissau on 23 November 2008. The Assembly FULLY SUPPORTS the decisions of the Peace and Security Council in the three cases as well as the efforts deployed by the Commission towards restoration of constitutional legality in Mauritania and Guinea; 5. WELCOMES the progress achieved in the process of national reconciliation in the Comoros and ENCOURAGES the Comorian parties to continue to work together in the spirit of consensus to consolidate these gains, including through the necessary rationalization of the existing institutional architecture of the Archipelago and harmonization of the numerous electoral timeframes in the country; 6. WELCOMES the progress made in the political process in Somalia, particularly the signing, on 19 August and 26 October 2008 respectively, of the Djibouti Agreement and the Agreement on the Modalities for the Cessation of Armed Confrontation, as well as the decision to establish an inclusive and expanded Parliament and a Unity Government. The Assembly ENCOURAGES the