Content_paragraphs:  From 1 to 5 December, SPLM/A-IO held its sixth national conference, in Juba,
  
  at which it reiterated its commitment to the Revitalized Agreement and called upon
  
  partners to work together to address the challenges faced in the peace process. The
  
  party recommended, inter alia, increasing the benchmark for the participation of
  
  women to 40 per cent, establishing an independently managed fund for the
  
  implementation of the Agreement, holding parties accountable for the past actions of
  
  defectors once they have joined them, and graduating the necessary unified forces.