Welcoming the National Reconciliation Congress at the initiative of the Transitional Federal Institutions, and urging all parties to participate in the political process, the Council stressed the need for it to involve all stakeholders, including all political, clan and religious leaders, the business community, and representatives of civil society, such as women's groups. It stressed also the need for broad-based and representative institutions reached through an all-inclusive political process, as envisaged in Somalia's Transitional Federal Charter, in order to consolidate stability, peace and reconciliation in the country, and to ensure the maximum possible effectiveness of international assistance.[1]