Council,

1. Takes note of the Report of the Chairperson of the Commission on the revised Concept of Operations for the AU Mission in Somalia;

2. Recalls its communiqué PSC/PR/Comm.(CCCXCIX) adopted at its 399th meeting held on 10 October 2013, endorsing the recommendations of the AU-UN Review of AMISOM and Benchmarking Exercise, as well as the relevant provisions of UN Security Council resolution 2124 (2013), adopted on 12 November 2013, on the development of a new Concept of Operations, with a view to enabling AMISOM to respond to the increasingly asymmetrical tactics used by Al-Shabaab;

3. Commends the Commission for its efforts in developing the revised CONOPS, endorses the said CONOPS and looks forward to its full implementation;

4. Requests the Commission to keep it regularly informed of progress made and challenges encountered in the implementation of the AMISOM mandate and its revised CONOPS;

5. Decides to remain actively seized of the matter.

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