PSC/PR/COMM.(DXCIII) Page 2 on the continent and reaffirms the need to mobilize additional resources, from within the continent, in support of the African Solidarity Initiative (ASI); 8. Notes with deep concern that the pledges made during the ASI Pledging Conference, held in Addis Ababa, on 1 February 2014, have not yet been honoured. In this respect, Council urges the Commission to take necessary follow-up steps with a view to ensuring that the pledges are redeemed; 9. Requests the Commission to ensure that it addresses PCRD issues in a holistic manner in order to achieve sustainable solutions to challenges faced by post-conflict communities. In this context, Council looks forward to the operationalization within the Commission of an Interdepartmental Task Force on PCRD; 10. Also looks forward to the outcome of the ongoing bi-lateral consultations between the Arab Republic of Egypt and the Republic of Uganda regarding the establishment of the AU PCRD Centre; 11. Reiterates its request to the Commission to undertake a comprehensive review of the AU PCRD architecture and submit a report to Council in October 2016, including on steps taken by the Commission in implementing Council’s decisions on PCRD; 12. Decides to remain actively seized of the matter.

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