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appointment of the Chairman and Members of the National Follow up Council of
the Agreement (CNSA), in order to establish the electoral calendar of the
elections; EXPRESSES ITS DEEP CONCERN at the prevailing security and
humanitarian situation in the Kasaï province; STRESSES THE NEED to take all
necessary steps to reenergize the cooperation and stabilisation process in the
DRC and the region, in conformity with the Framework Agreement; CALLS
UPON the United Nations, the troop-contributing countries to United Nations
stabilisation Mission in Congo (MONUSCO), the Guarantors of the Framework
Agreement and the Member countries of the ICGLR and SADC to provide all the
necessary support to this end;
11.
REAFFIRMS its commitment to the peaceful resolution of the crisis in Burundi
through the rapid launching of an inclusive inter-Burundian dialogue, under the
aegis of the East African Community (EAC), with the support of the AU, under the
leadership of the EAC Mediator, President Yoweri K. Museveni of Uganda and
his Facilitator, former President Benjamin Mkapa of Tanzania and REQUESTS
all Burundians to participate actively and unconditionally in this process; CALLS
UPON the Burundian authorities to take all necessary steps to build the widest
consensus possible on the ongoing process of revising the Constitution, with the
participation of all Burundians and on the basis of the Arusha Agreement of
2000; in this regard, REAFFIRMS the readiness of the AU High Level Delegation
of Heads of State to assist in efforts aimed at finding a lasting solution to the
crisis in Burundi; CALLS FOR the rapid signing of the Memorandum of
Understanding relating to the activities of the Human Rights Observers and the
Military Experts of the AU;
12.
EXPRESSES ITS DEEP CONCERN at the deteriorating security situation in the
Central African Republic (CAR) and STRONGLY CONDEMNS the attacks
against civilians and the troops of the UN Multidimensional Integrated Mission for
Stabilization in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA), as well as the
destabilising activities of the armed groups, and DEMANDS that they commit
themselves resolutely to the DDR programmes and the pacification process in
the country REAFFIRMS its full support to the African Initiative for Peace and
Reconciliation in CAR and CALLS ON all Central African stakeholders, the UN
and other partners to support this process.; WELCOMES the signing in Rome, on
19 June 2017, under the facilitation of the Sant’ Egidio community, of the
agreement between armed groups, including a country wide ceasefire; URGES
Member States and partners to pursue and increase their assistance to the CAR
and to contribute to stabilisation, post-conflict reconstruction and development
efforts in the country;
13.
CALLS ON all political actors in Guinea Bissau to respect and implement the
Conakry Agreement of October 2016 without any further delay, and URGES all
actors to refrain from actions or statements that could escalate tension and incite
violence; COMMENDS the Economic Community of West African States