UN Security Council
2019

the parties in a manner consistent with the CPA and not by the unilateral actions of either party, Underscoring that continued cooperation between the Government of the Republic of the Sudan and Government of the Republic of South Sudan is critical for peace, security and stability and the future relations between them, encouraging progress on improving bilateral relations and holding regular meetings of the Joint Political and Security Mechanism (JPSM) and other joint mechanisms, and calling on both governments to implement prior agreements, Commending the continued assistance provided to the parties by the African Union (AU), the Intergovernmental Authority on Development, the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, the Special Envoy of the Secretary -General for the Horn of Africa, and the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA), Acknowledging that over the course of the eight years since establishment of UNISFA the mission has contributed towards the stabilization and demilitarization of the Abyei Area and together with the Joint Border Verification and Monitoring Mechanism (JBVMM) played a stabilizing role along the borders between South