A/RES/59/207 the Secretary-General for the Democratic Republic of the Congo and for the Mission; (c) The work accomplished by the human rights field office in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and encourages the office to pursue and enhance its cooperation with the relevant agencies of the United Nations and the Mission in the fulfilment of its mandate; (d) The measures taken by the transitional institutions in order to implement the Global and All-Inclusive Agreement on the Transition in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, signed in Pretoria on 17 December 2002 and to restore the authority of the State, such as the appointment of provincial governors, the establishment of the Independent Electoral Commission, the appointment of the High Command of the Integrated National Police and the setting up of the Supreme Defence Council; (e) The adoption of the Declaration of Principles by the Heads of State who participated in the International Conference on Peace, Security, Democracy and Development in the Great Lakes Region, which took place in Dar es Salaam, United Republic of Tanzania, on 19 and 20 November 2004; Calls upon the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to 2. keep it informed of the consultations between her Office and the Secretary-General concerning the ways in which to assist the transitional Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo in tackling the problem of impunity; Takes note of the decision by the Office of the Prosecutor of the 3. International Criminal Court, based upon the referral of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, to commence an investigation into crimes allegedly committed in the territory of the Democratic Republic of the Congo since the entry into force of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court 2 on 1 July 2002; 4. Condemns the continuing violations of human rights and international humanitarian law in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, while remaining concerned about the prevalence of grave violations and the rise in ethnic tensions throughout the Democratic Republic of the Congo and, in particular, in Ituri, North and South Kivu and other areas in the eastern part of the country; 5. Urges all parties to the conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: (a) To respect and further implement the Global and All-Inclusive Agreement; (b) To adhere fully to the Principles on Good-neighbourly Relations and Cooperation between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Burundi, Rwanda and Uganda signed in New York on 25 September 2003, 3 to engage firmly for the full success of the joint verification mechanism agreed upon by the Presidents of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda in Abuja on 25 June 2004, 4 and to take part constructively in the International Conference on Peace, Security, Democracy and Development in the Great Lakes Region of Africa; _______________ 2 Official Records of the United Nations Diplomatic Conference of Plenipotentiaries on the Establishment of an International Criminal Court, Rome, 15 June–17 July 1998, vol. I: Final documents (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.02.I.5), sect. A. 3 A/58/428-S/2003/983, annex. 4 See S/2004/534, annex. 2