PSC/MIN/COMM.(DXXVI) Page 2 parties fully cooperate with UNMISS and the MVM to enable them effectively to discharge their respective mandates; 6. Reiterates the AU’s support to the steps taken towards the implementation of the Arusha Agreement of 21 January 2015, and welcomes the efforts of the Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) of Tanzania and the African National Congress (ANC) of South Africa in this regard, aimed at reuniting the SPLM and the subsequent return to South Sudan of the former political detainees; 7. Recalls communiqué PSC/AHG/COMM.1(CDXI)-Rev.1 adopted at its 411th meeting held in Banjul, The Gambia, on 30 December 2013, in particular its paragraph 8 in which it requested the Chairperson of the Commission, in consultation with the Chairperson of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR) and other relevant AU structures, to establish urgently a commission to investigate the human rights violations and other abuses committed during the armed conflict in South Sudan and make recommendations on the best ways and means to ensure accountability, reconciliation and healing among all South Sudanese communities; 8. Further recalls its subsequent pronouncements on this issue, including communiqué PSC/PR/COMM.3(CDXLII) adopted at its 442nd meeting held on 17 June 2014, communiqué PSC/AHG/COMM.1(CDLXXXIV) adopted at its 484th meeting held on 29 January 2015, and communiqué PSC/AHG/COMM.1(DXV) adopted at its 515th meeting held on 13 June 2015; 9. Reaffirms the AU’s commitment to a comprehensive approach to the issues of peace, justice and reconciliation in Africa, rooted in contexts specific to each country. In this respect, Council underlines the continued relevance of the AU Policy on Post-Conflict Reconstruction and Development adopted by the 9th Ordinary Session of the Executive Council, held in Banjul, from 28 to 29 June 2006. Council further underlines the particular relevance of communiqué PSC/MIN/COMM.(CCCLXXXIII) on the theme “National Reconciliation: Critical Factor for Security, Stability and Development in Africa”, adopted at its 383rd meeting held in Algiers, Algeria, on 29 June 2013, as well as of decision Assembly/AU/Dec.501(XXII), adopted by the Assembly of the Union at its 22nd Ordinary Session, held in Addis Ababa from 30 to 31 January 2014, declaring 2014-2024 as the Madiba Nelson Mandela Decade of Reconciliation in Africa; 10. Further reaffirms the commitment of the AU to combat impunity, in line with Article 4 (o) of the AU Constitutive Act and the relevant provisions of the Protocol Relating to the Establishment of the Peace and Security Council of the African Union; 11. Expresses its conviction that the achievement of lasting peace and reconciliation in South Sudan requires a holistic approach addressing in a mutually-supportive way the inter-related issues of accountability, reconciliation, healing and institutional reforms, based on ownership by the South Sudanese stakeholders and robust African and international support. Council further expresses its conviction on the need to promote an African solution to the challenges at hand, as opposed to a “one-size-fits-all” remedy packaged as universal, to further an approach rooted in the understanding of the South Sudanese context, including the multiple historical, political, moral and economic causes that led to the prevailing situation, on the understanding that those who have committed crimes, irrespective of their status and level of responsibility, shall be held accountable for their acts;