A/HRC/21/61 22. There were also improvements in the police forces. With support from donors, those attending refresher courses at the Mogadishu Police Academy were paid stipends. Training allowances were paid to others. Efforts to clear arrears in the salaries of police forces also progressed well, though more funds were required to make them up to date. B. Road map to end the transition 23. The road map to the end of the transition period was mandated by the Kampala Accord of June 2011, under which the leaders of the executive and the legislative branches of the Government agreed to extend the transition period by a year, until 20 August 2012. Formally adopted at a consultative meeting of Somali stakeholders held in Mogadishu on 6 September 2011, the Accord is aimed at improving security in Mogadishu and other areas in southern Somalia; finalizing and adopting the National Security and Stabilization Plan; pursuing national reconciliation and outreach; finalizing and adopting the draft Constitution; implementing institutional reforms in transitional federal institutions; and organizing the elections of the President, Speaker and Deputy Speakers prior to 20 August 2012. 24. The implementation of the key goals of the road map included efforts by the Transitional Federal Government to reach out to a number of regional administrations. Consultations aimed at finalizing the constitution-making process culminated in two Somali national consultative constitutional conferences, held in Garoowe, in Puntland, from 21 to 23 December 2011 (Garoowe I), and from 15 to 17 February 2012 (Garoowe II). 25. Garoowe I resulted in a set of agreed principles on the structure, size, basis of representation and selection criteria for a new federal parliament, and the adoption of a new federal Constitution by a national constituent assembly, including the mandate, size and selection criteria of the members thereof. 26. Garoowe II resulted in consensus on the nature of the federal structure of Somalia, including the status of the capital city, Mogadishu; the structure of the federal executive, as well as the related elements of an electoral system design; and on operationalizing the Garoowe I principles relating to the constitutional adoption process and the new federal Parliament. Garoowe II further decided that women would occupy at least 30 per cent of seats in Parliament and in other bodies set up to end the transition, namely, the national constituent assembly and an interim independent electoral commission. 27. The Constituent Assembly was duly established and inaugurated in Mogadishu on 25 July 2012. It met until 2 August, with the participation of 825 elders from 18 regions across the country. It was agreed that, in the current security situation and pending the organization of a direct referendum and elections, the traditional elders would be the source of electoral legitimacy and representatives of the people in approving a provisional Constitution and forming a new Parliament in order to end the current transition. The proportion of women appointed to the Assembly was however only 24 per cent, well below the target of 30 per cent set in Garoowe II. The Assembly adopted the provisional Constitution of Somalia on 1 August. C. Somaliland 28. A number of important developments took place in Somaliland during the reporting period. The Somaliland National Human Rights Commission became gradually operational. Though not fully compliant, it was close to the spirit of the Paris Principles. The UNPOS Human Rights Unit assisted the Commission in carrying out an assessment of its strengths and weaknesses as a baseline for the development of its future strategy. The proposed 6