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5. Calls upon the national parliaments that are Members of the IPU to press their

respective governments to respond rapidly to appeals for urgent humanitarian action and to the pressing and growing needs of affected populations and of refugees who have fled to neighbouring countries; and encourages international organizations and their partners to proceed without delay in executing their humanitarian projects;

6. Welcomes the nomination by the National Transition Council, on 20 January 2014, of

H.E. Catherine Samba-Panza as transitional Head of State and of H.E. André Nzapayeke as transitional Prime Minister, as well as the formation of a transitional government; and underscores that it is incumbent primarily upon the transitional authorities of the Central African Republic to protect the population and to guarantee the security and national and territorial unity of the country;

7. Also welcomes the creation on 22 January 2014 of an international commission of

inquiry into reported violations of international humanitarian and human rights law as well as human rights abuses allegedly perpetrated in the Central African Republic, irrespective of party, since 1 January 2013;

8. Demands that all parties to the current armed conflict in the Central African Republic, former elements of Séléka as well as groups referred to as “anti-balaka” or “the Lord’s Resistance Army”, expressly prohibit violations and abuses committed against women and children, in contravention of applicable international law, and expressly prohibit acts of sexual violence; and requests the transitional authorities to undertake and fulfil a firm and explicit commitment, when violence against women or children is alleged, to ensure that investigations are conducted as soon as possible and that perpetrators are prosecuted and held to account for their acts;

9. Welcomes the decision of the United Nations Security Council to prepare plans for the imposition of targeted sanctions, including a travel ban and freezing of the assets of individuals having acted to undermine peace, stability and security, in particular by engaging in violations of human rights and of international humanitarian law, the recruitment and deployment of children in armed conflict, sexual violence, or by lending their support to illegal armed groups or criminal networks involved in the illicit exploitation of natural resources in the Central African Republic;

10. Urges the transitional authorities to develop and implement disarmament, demobilization and reintegration or repatriation programmes; and underscores the importance of strengthening the institutional capacity of the police, the judiciary and the penitentiary system to uphold the rule of law;

11. Also urges the transitional authorities to establish an inclusive national dialogue

among all forces in the country – political, social and religious – with a view to institutionalizing in the near future a credible process of national equity and reconciliation;

12. Thanks the countries that have already deployed contingents to help restore peace and security in the Central African Republic; and urges African countries to help ensure that the African-led International Support Mission to the Central African Republic (MISCA) has the funding it needs to fulfil its mandate;

13. Welcomes the establishment of a special fund through which States and international, regional and subregional organizations can contribute to the MISCA, and expresses support for the organization of an international donors conference as soon as possible to request contributions, in particular through this fund;

14. Also welcomes the establishment of a national electoral authority on 16 December 2013and underscores how important it is for the transitional authorities, with support from the United Nations Integrated Peacebuilding Office in the Central African Republic (BINUCA), to organize free and regular elections, providing in particular for

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