Assembly/AU/Dec.252(XIII) Page 3 the excellent work that it set in motion within the context of the Dakar Agreement; 9. SUPPORTS the decisions of the PSC on the unconstitutional changes of Government that occurred in Mauritania, Guinea and Madagascar. The Assembly WELCOMES the signing, on 4 June 2009, of a Framework Agreement for a way out of the crisis in Mauritania, PAYS TRIBUTE to President Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi for his high sense of the general interest, particularly his voluntary decision to hand over his presidential mandate to the people of Mauritania, thus making a historic contribution to the crisis exit process in the country, CALLS UPON the concerned parties to implement their commitments in good faith and in strict compliance with African Union principles on unconstitutional changes of Government and URGES AU partners to lend their full support to AU’s decisions on this issue. The Assembly LOOKS FORWARD to the holding of free, fair and transparent presidential elections, in accordance with the Dakar Framework Agreement; 10. EXPRESSES SATISFACTION at the efforts deployed by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the AU Commission, as well as by the Chair of the Union, and at the invaluable role being played by the International Contact Group on Guinea, INVITES the authorities emanating from the coup d’état to respect their commitments and to bring the transition process to a successful conclusion in keeping with the roadmap agreed by the Guinean parties, and REQUESTS AU Member States and the international community to provide the financial and technical assistance needed to prepare and organize the legislative and presidential elections that should conclude the transition; 11. EXPRESSES ITS SERIOUS CONCERN at the lack of progress in restoring constitutional legality in Madagascar, SUPPORTS the elements for a way out of the crisis, as articulated by the International Contact Group on Madagascar at its meeting held in Addis Ababa on 30 April 2009, and ENCOURAGES the Chairperson of the Commission to pursue and redouble his efforts to achieve a speedy return to constitutional order, in close consultation with the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC), as well as the United Nations, the Organisation of Francophonie (OIF) and the EU. The Assembly WELCOMES the appointment by SADC of former President Joaquim Chissano as its Special Envoy for Madagascar and LOOKS FORWARD to the outcome of the planned meeting of the Contact Group on Madagascar before the end of July 2009 to review the situation and mobilize further support for the efforts aimed at ensuring a speedy return to constitutional order; Adopted by the Thirteenth Ordinary Session of the Assembly in Sirte, Great Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya on 3 July 2009