PSC/PR/COMM.(DCCXLI) Page 3 13. Welcomes the steps being already taken by the Commission in addressing the current resource gaps and requests the Chairperson of the Commission to enhance its engagements with the UN Secretary General and other partners, at the required level, in securing predictable and sustainable funding for AMISOM, including through the utilisation of UN Assessed Contributions for the payment of allowances for AMISOM uniformed personnel, bearing in mind the successes made by the Mission, the transition time-frame proposed by the AU-UN Joint Review and, the reality that AMISOM represents an exemplary AU-UN strategic and operational partnership in the implementation of Chapter VIII of the UN Charter and in the spirit of the UN-AU Joint Framework for Enhanced Partnership in Peace and Security, signed on 19 April 2017; 14. Urges the UNSC to consider the report of the AU-UN Joint Review and to endorse its recommendations, in order to pave the way for its speedy and effective implementation, taking into consideration the need to avoid a security vacuum in Somalia and the region, enhance coordination and ensure predictable funding for AMISOM; 15. Takes note of the findings of Operational Readiness Assessment (ORA) on Somali National Army (SNA) and notes with concern that the SNA, in its present state, is not yet in a position to take over or sustainably hold forward operating positions that may be handed over to it by AMISOM. In this regard, the Council reiterates that the transition to Somali led security and the drawdown of AMISOM need to be condition-based and gradual, to ensure that the hard won gains so far made against al-Shabaab are not reversed; 16. Endorses the decisions of the 25th meeting of the Military Operations Coordination Committee on 1 December 2017, which inter alia, envisages the revision of AMISOM Concept of Operations (CONOPS) in view of the changing dynamics in the security and political situation on the ground; 17. Underlines the need for the AU to renew its commitment to peace, security and stability in Somalia, taking into account the political and security dispensation in the country and the region, since the deployment of AMISOM in 2007; 18. Reaffirms its full support to the authorities and the people of Somalia, as well as its determination to spare no efforts towards peace, security and reconciliation in Somalia; 19. Requests the Commission, pursuant to paragraph 9 of the UNSC Resolution 2372 (2017), to transmit this Communiqué to the UN Secretary-General for onward transmission to the UNSC for its action, as appropriate; 20. Decides to remain actively seized of the matters.