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ASSEMBLY of the UNION Thirty-Third Ordinary Session 09-10 February 2020 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia DECISIONS, DECLARATIONS, RESOLUTIO UNIÃO AFRICANA Addis Ababa, Ethiopia P. O. Box 3243 Telephone: 5517 700 Fax: 5517844 Website: www.au.int SC26504 – 9/1 ASSEMBLY OF THE UNION Thirty-Third Ordinary Session 09-10 February 2020 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Assembly/AU/Dec.749-795(XXXIII) Assembly/AU/Decl.1-6(XXXIII) Assembly/AU/Res.1(XXXIII) Assembly/AU/Motion1(XXXIII) Original : English/French DECISIONS, DECLARATIONS, RESOLUTION AND MOTION Assembly/AU/Dec.749-795(XXXIII) Assembly/AU/Decl.1-6(XXXIII) Assembly/AU/Res.1(XXXIII) Assembly/AU/Motion1(XXXIII) Page i TABLE OF CONTENTS N° REFERENCE TITLE PAGES DÉCISIONS DECISION ON THE INSTITUTIONAL REFORM OF THE 1. Assembly/AU/Dec.749(XXXIII) AFRICAN UNION 1 DECISION ON THE STRUCTURES OF THE AFRICAN 2. Assembly/AU/Dec.750(XXXIII) UNION COMMISSION, ORGANS AND SPECIALIZED 1 AGENCIES DECISION ON THE AFRICAN CONTINENTAL FREE TRADE 3. Assembly/AU/Dec.751(XXXIII) AREA (AfCFTA) - Doc. Assembly/AU/4(XXXIII) 6 DECISION OF THE JOINT SITTING REPORT OF THE MINISTERIAL COMMITTEE ON SCALE OF ASSESSMENT 4. Assembly/AU/Dec.752(XXXIII) 3 AND CONTRIBUTIONS AND THE COMMITTEE OF FIFTEEN MINISTERS OF FINANCE (F15) DECISION ON THE REPORT OF THE PEACE AND SECURITY COUNCIL ON ITS ACTIVITIES AND THE STATE 5. Assembly/AU/Dec.753(XXXIII) 10 OF PEACE AND SECURITY IN AFRICA - Doc. Assembly/AU/5(XXXIII) DECISION ON THE OUTCOME OF THE 12TH ORDINARY 6. Assembly/AU/Dec.754(XXXIII) MEETING OF THE SPECIALISED TECHNICAL COMMITTEE 1 ON DEFENCE, SAFETY AND SECURITY DECISION ON THE FIFTH REPORT OF THE PEACE AND SECURITY COUNCIL OF THE AFRICAN UNION ON THE 7. Assembly/AU/Dec.755(XXXIII) IMPLEMENTATION OF THE AFRICAN UNION MASTER 8 ROADMAP OF PRACTICAL STEPS FOR SILENCING THE GUNS IN AFRICA BY THE YEAR 2020 DECISION ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF DECISION ASSEMBLY/AU/DEC.710 (XXXI) ON THE AFRICAN UNION 8. CENTRE FOR POST-CONFLICT RECONSTRUCTION AND 2 Assembly/AU/Dec.756(XXXIII) DEVELOPMENT - Doc. EX.CL/1192(XXXVI) DECISION ON CONSEQUENCE MANAGEMENT AND THE OVERSIGHT ROLE OF THE CHAIRPERSON OF THE AU 9. Assembly/AU/Dec.757(XXXIII) COMMISSION WITHIN THE UNION ON THE FUNCTIONING 1 OF THE AUC AND OTHER AU ORGANS DECISION ON THE DRAFT LEGAL INSTRUMENTS 10. Assembly/AU/Dec.758(XXXIII) 1 DECISION ON THE REALIGNMENT OF THE LEGAL 11. Assembly/AU/Dec.759(XXXIII) INSTRUMENTS 1 DECISION ON DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY FOR THE 12. Assembly/AU/Dec.760(XXXIII) ELECTION AND APPOINTMENT OF MEMBERS OF AU 1 Assembly/AU/Dec.749-795(XXXIII) Assembly/AU/Decl.1-6(XXXIII) Assembly/AU/Res.1(XXXIII) Assembly/AU/Motion1(XXXIII) Page ii INSTITUTIONS WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF ONE ORDINARY SUMMIT A YEAR DECISION ON THE EMINENT PERSON’S PANEL FOR THE 13. Assembly/AU/Dec.761(XXXIII) SELECTION OF THE SENIOR LEADERSHIP - 1 Doc. Ext/Assembly/AU/Dec.1-4 (XI) DECISION ON MULTILATERAL COOPERATION 14. Assembly/AU/Dec.762(XXXIII) 3 DECISION ON THE REPORT OF THE NEPAD HEADS OF STATE AND GOVERNMENT ORIENTATION COMMITTEE 15. Assembly/AU/Dec.763(XXXIII) 2 (HSGOC) - Doc. Assembly/AU/12(XXXIII) DECISION ON THE REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE OF AFRICAN HEADS OF STATE AND GOVERNMENT ON 16. Assembly/AU/Dec.764(XXXIII) 5 CLIMATE CHANGE (CAHOSCC) - Doc. Assembly/AU/10(XXXIII DECISION ON THE REPORT OF THE AFRICAN PEER 17. Assembly/AU/Dec.765(XXXIII) REVIEW MECHANISM (APRM) - Doc. 5 Assembly/AU/11(XXXIII DECISION ON THE REFORM OF THE UNITED NATIONS 18. Assembly/AU/Dec.766(XXXIII) SECURITY COUNCIL - Doc. Assembly/AU/12(XXXIII 2 DECISION ON THE FOLLOW UP TO THE FIRST MID-YEAR 19. Assembly/AU/Dec.767(XXXIII) COORDINATION MEETING BETWEEN THE AFRICAN 2 UNION AND THE REGIONAL ECONOMIC COMMUNITIES DECISION ON THE REPORTS OF THE HEADS OF STATE 20. Assembly/AU/Dec.768(XXXIII) AND GOVERNMENT LEADERS 2 DECISION ON THE NOMINATION OF H. E. NANA ADDO DANKWA AKUFO-ADDO, PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC 21. Assembly/AU/Dec.769(XXXIII) 1 OF GHANA AS THE CHAMPION OF THE AU FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS DECISION ON THE REPORT ON MALARIA - Doc. 22. Assembly/AU/Dec.770(XXXIII) Assembly/AU/13(XXXIII) 2 DECISION ON ENDING CHILD MARRIAGE 23. Assembly/AU/Dec.771(XXXIII) 1 DECISION ON ARTS, CULTURE AND HERITAGE - Doc. 24. Assembly/AU/Dec.772(XXXIII) Assembly/AU/17(XXXIII) 2 DECISION ON ENDING FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION - - 25. Assembly/AU/Dec.773(XXXIII) Doc. Assembly/AU/20(XXXIII) 1 DECISION ON THE COMMON AFRICAN POSITION ON 26. Assembly/AU/Dec.774(XXXIII) ASSET RECOVERY 2 33rd Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the Union, 9-10 February 2020, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Assembly/AU/Dec.749-795(XXXIII) Assembly/AU/Decl.1-6(XXXIII) Assembly/AU/Res.1(XXXIII) Assembly/AU/Motion1(XXXIII) Page iii DECISION ON STRENGTHENING NATIONAL CAPACITIES 27. Assembly/AU/Dec.775(XXXIII) FOR EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT OF WEAPON 2 STOCKPILES DECISION ON THE ELECTION OF THE BUREAU OF 28. Assembly/AU/Dec.776(XXXIII) THE ASSEMBLY OF THE AFRICAN UNION FOR 2020 1 DECISION ON THE APPOINTMENT OF THE 29. Assembly/AU/Dec.777(XXXIII) CHAIRPERSON OF THE AFRICAN UNION FOR 2021 1 DECISION ON THE DATES AND VENUES OF THE SECOND MID-YEAR COORDINATION MEETING OF THE AFRICAN UNION AND THE REGIONAL ECONOMIC COMMUNITIES (RECS), THE 37TH ORDINARY SESSION OF THE 30. Assembly/AU/Dec.778(XXXIII) 1 EXECUTIVE COUNCIL AND THE 40TH ORDINARY SESSION OF THE PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVES’ COMMITTEE (PRC) DECISION ON THE DATES AND VENUE OF THE 34TH ORDINARY SESSION OF THE ASSEMBLY OF THE 31. Assembly/AU/Dec.779(XXXIII) 1 AFRICAN UNION IN FEBRUARY 2021 DECISION ON THE HOSTING OF THE AFRICAN 32. Assembly/AU/Dec.780(XXXIII) INCLUSIVE MARKET EXCELLENCE CENTRE (AIMEC) 1 DECISION ON THE APPOINTMENT OF ONE (1) MALE MEMBER OF THE AFRICAN COMMITTEE OF EXPERTS ON THE RIGHTS 33. Assembly/AU/Dec.781(XXXIII) 1 AND WELFARE OF THE CHILD FROM THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF MAURITANIA - Doc. EX.CL/1122(XXXVI) DECISION ON THE APPOINTMENT OF SIX (6) MEMBERS OF THE AFRICAN UNION COMMISSION ON 34. Assembly/AU/Dec.782(XXXIII) 1 INTERNATIONAL LAW (AUCIL) - Doc. EX.CL/1223(XXXVI) DECISION ON THE APPOINTMENT OF ONE (1) MEMBER OF THE AFRICAN UNION ADVISORY BOARD ON 35. Assembly/AU/Dec.783(XXXIII) 1 CORRUPTION - Doc. EX.CL/1224(XXXVI) DECISION ON THE APPOINTMENT OF FOUR (4) MEMBERS OF THE AFRICAN COMMISSION ON HUMAN 36. Assembly/AU/Dec.784(XXXIII) AND PEOPLES’ RIGHTS (ACHPR) - Doc. 1 EX.CL/1225(XXXVI) DECISION ON THE APPOINTMENT OF TEN (10) MEMBERS OF THE PEACE AND SECURITY COUNCIL OF THE 37. Assembly/AU/Dec.785(XXXIII) 1 AFRICAN UNION - Doc. EX.CL/1226(XXXVI) DECISION ON THE REPORT OF THE AIDS WATCH 38. Assembly/AU/Dec.786(XXXIII) AFRICA (AWA) 1 33rd Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the Union, 9-10 February 2020, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Assembly/AU/Dec.749-795(XXXIII) Assembly/AU/Decl.1-6(XXXIII) Assembly/AU/Res.1(XXXIII) Assembly/AU/Motion1(XXXIII) Page iv DECISION ON FAST TRACKING CAADP-MALABO COMMITMENTS FOR ACCELERATING AGRICULTURE TRANSFORMATION IN AFRICA THROUGH BIENNIAL 39. Assembly/AU/Dec.787(XXXIII) 2 REVIEW MECHANISM AND AFRICA AGRICULTURAL TRANSFORMATION SCORECARD DECISION ON DECOLONISATION OF MAURITIUS 40. Assembly/AU/Dec.788(XXXIII) 2 DECISION ON THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT - 41. Assembly/AU/Dec.789(XXXIII) Doc. EX.CL/1218(XXXVI) 3 DECISION OF THE REPORT OF COMMITTEE OF TEN 42. Assembly/AU/Dec.790(XXXIII) HEADS OF STATE AND GOVERNMENT CHAMPIONING 1 EDUCATION, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DECISION ON THE IMPLEMENTATION PROGRESS REPORT OF THE AFRICA LEADERSHIP MEETING - 43. Assembly/AU/Dec.791(XXXIII) INVESTING IN HEALTH DECLARATION - Doc. 1 Assembly/AU/15(XXXIII) DECISION ON LIBYA AND THE SAHEL 44. Assembly/AU/Dec.792(XXXIII) 3 DECISION ON THE NEW AFRICAN WOMEN’S DECADE ON FINANCIAL AND ECONOMIC INCLUSION OF AFRICAN 45. Assembly/AU/Dec.793(XXXIII) 1 WOMEN DECISION ON THE USE OF SPANISH AS AN AU WORKING 46. Assembly/AU/Dec.794(XXXIII) LANGUAGE 1 DECISION ON AFRICAN CANDIDATURES WITHIN THE 47. Assembly/AU/Dec.795(XXXIII) INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM 1 DECLARATIONS DECLARATION ON THE 2019 THEME OF THE YEAR ON “REFUGEES, RETURNEES AND INTERNALLY DISPLACED 1. Assembly/AU/Decl.1(XXXII) PERSONS: TOWARDS DURABLE SOLUTION TO FORCED 3 DISPLACEMENT IN AFRICA” CAIRO DECLARATION ON VIRAL HEPATITIS IN AFRICA 2. Assembly/AU/Decl.2(XXXII) 1 DECLARATION ON AFRICAN COMMON POSITION ON 3. Assembly/AU/Decl.3(XXXII) ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE 1 DECLARATION ON THE AFRICAN WORLD HERITAGE 4. Assembly/AU/Decl.4XXXII) FUND (AWHF) 1 33rd Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the Union, 9-10 February 2020, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Assembly/AU/Dec.749-795(XXXIII) Assembly/AU/Decl.1-6(XXXIII) Assembly/AU/Res.1(XXXIII) Assembly/AU/Motion1(XXXIII) Page v DECLARATION ON THE SITUATION IN PALESTINE AND 5. Assembly/AU/Decl.5(XXXII) THE MIDDLE EAST 5 DECLARATION ON PROMOTING CLOSER COLLABORATION AND COOPERATION BETWEEN THE AFRICAN UNION, THE AFRICAN DIASPORA PEOPLE OF 6. Assembly/AU/Decl.6(XXXII) 3 AFRICAN DESCENT IN THE CARIBBEAN AND PACIFIC REGIONS RESOLUTION RESOLUTION ON THE IMPACT OF SANCTION AND 1. Assembly/AU/Res.1(XXXII) UNILATERAL 3 COERCIVE MEASURES MOTION MOTION OF APPRECIATION TO HIS EXCELLENCY PRESIDENT ABDEL FATTAH EL-SISI, PRESIDENT OF THE 1. Assembly/AU/Motion1(XXXII) ARAB REPUBLIC OF EGYPT AND OUTGOING 1 CHAIRPERSON OF THE AFRICAN UNION 33rd Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the Union, 9-10 February 2020, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Assembly/AU/Dec.749(XXXIII) Page 1 DECISION ON THE INSTITUTIONAL REFORM OF THE AFRICAN UNION The Assembly, 1. RECALLS Decision Assembly/AU/Dec.582 streamlining the work of the Commission; 2. TAKES NOTE of the Report of H.E.
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