A/HRC/RES/29/13 usefulness in laying the groundwork for justice, accountability, reconciliation and healing among members of all South Sudanese communities; 7. Notes the continued positive engagement of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development and its Plus mechanism, and welcomes the appointment of the former President of Mali, Alpha Oumar Konaré, as the African Union High Representative for South Sudan, to bring about peace and stability in South Sudan; 8. Urges all parties to respect and implement the agreements mediated by the Intergovernmental Authority on Development and to commit to inclusive dialogue, reconciliation and peacebuilding; notes with concern that, since the signing of the Cessation of Hostilities Agreement in January 2014, breaches have continued from both sides of the conflict; calls for the Agreement to be respected and for all fighting to cease; and urges the parties to reach a peace agreement to end the conflict; 9. Expresses its appreciation for the support of neighbouring countries to refugees, and calls upon the international community to help neighbouring countries hosting refugees, especially women, children and persons with disabilities; 10. Urges the Government of South Sudan to take immediate steps to protect the human rights to freedoms of expression, peaceful assembly and association by, among other things, ensuring that civil society organizations and the media can operate freely and without discrimination, in accordance with international human rights obligations; 11. Strongly urges all parties to end and prevent violations committed against children, and calls upon the armed forces of all parties to end immediately all forced or unlawful recruitment of children and to release all children that have been recruited to date; 12. Recognizes the important role that women play in building peace, calls for the protection and promotion of the rights of women, their empowerment and participation in peacebuilding, conflict resolution and post-conflict processes, in accordance with Security Council resolution 1325 (2000), and the need to honour commitments made by all parties and to take action to tackle sexual violence, and in this regard calls upon South Sudan to meet the commitments made in the joint communiqué on sexual violence signed with the United Nations on 11 October 2014; 13. Reiterates the importance of an objective assessment of the situation of human rights in South Sudan; 14. Rights: Requests the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human (a) Urgently to undertake a mission to engage with the Government of South Sudan, to monitor and report on the situation of human rights, and to undertake a comprehensive assessment of allegations of violations and abuses of human rights with a view to ensuring accountability and complementarity with the African Union Commission of Inquiry; (b) To make recommendations for technical assistance and capacity-building and ways to improve the situation of human rights in the country with a view to providing support to the country in fulfilling its human rights obligations; (c) To recommend on the basis of the above-mentioned assessments and the benchmarks outlined in paragraph 15 below the follow-up action that would be appropriate for the Human Rights Council to consider, including the possibility of a mechanism, as appropriate; (d) To engage with the Government of South Sudan and other relevant stakeholders to incorporate a gender perspective, and to consider a full range of 4