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AHG/Res. 26 (II) 
 
THE PROBLEM OF REFUGEES IN AFRICA 
 
 The Assembly of Heads of State and government meeting in it Second Ordinary 
Session in Accra, Ghana, from 21 to 25 October 1965, 
 
 Considering the gravity of the refugee situation in Africa and the complex 
problems it causes for the countries of origin as well as the host countries, 
 
 Recalling the recommendations already adopted by the Assembly and the 
principles laid down in this respect by the Organization of African Unity, 
 
1. Reaffirming its desire to give all possible assistance to refugees from any 
Member State on a humanitarian and fraternal basis; 
 
2. Recalls that Member States have pledged themselves to prevent refugees living 
on their territories from carrying out by any means whatsoever any acts harmful 
to the interests of other states Members of the Organization of African Unity; 
 
3. Requests  all Member States never to allow the refugee question to become a 
source of dispute amongst them; 
 
4. Notes with appreciation the assistance provided by the United Nations High 
Commissioner’s Office to African Governments in their programmes of aid to 
refugees; 
 
5. Requests the African States that are members of the Economic and Social 
Council to secure an increase in African representation on the Executive 
Committee of the High Commissioner’s Programme; 
 
6. Asks members of the Refugee Commission established by resolution CM/Res. 19 
(II) to provide legal experts at the highest level possible to re-examine the draft 
OAU convention on the status of refugees having regard to the views expressed 
by the Assembly at its present session and to report back to the Assembly; 
 
 
AHG/Res. 26 (II) 
 
7. Requests Member States of the Organization of African Unity, if they have not 
already done so, to ratify the Untied Nations Convention relating to the Status of 
Refugees and to apply meanwhile the provisions of the said Convention to 
refugees in Africa. 
 
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AHG/Decl.1 (XXI) 
DECLARATION ON THE ECONOMIC SITUATION IN 
AFRICA ADOPTED BY THE TWENTY-FIRST ORDINARY 
SESSION OF THE ASSEMBLY OF HEADS OF STATE AND 
GOVERNMENT OF THE ORGANIZATION OF AFRICAN UNITY 
 
1. We, the Heads of State and Government of the Organization of African Unity, 
meeting in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, from 16 to 20 July, 1985, for the Twenty-first 
Ordinary Session of our Assembly have devoted our discussions mainly to economic 
issues, in the course of which we have critically reviewed the economic and social 
crises which confront virtually all our countries. 
 
2. We have examined, in detail, the recommendations of the Seven Member States 
Steering Committee which we set-up to prepare the basic documents on economic 
issues for our current Session, and the valuable contribution to the Committee’s 
Report made by the Council of Ministers.  We express to the committee our 
appreciation for the quality of work done which has facilitated our deliberations. 
 
3. We also express our appreciation to the ECA Conference of Ministers responsible 
for Economic Development and Planning whose recommendations made at its 
Eleventh Meeting conveyed to the Steering Committee and which enriched the 
recommendations of the Committee.  We further express our appreciation to 
African and International Organizations for their valuable contributions which 
facilitated the work of the Committee. 
 
4. We are most gravely concerned by the continuing deterioration of our economies 
which have been severely affected by the deep world economic recession and 
penalized by an unjust and inequitable international economic system.  This 
situation has been aggravated by unprecedented severe and persistent drought and 
famine and other natural calamities, such as cyclones and floods.  These 
developments, added to some domestic policy short-comings, have brought most of 
our countries near to economic collapse. 
 
5. We welcome the Untied Nations General Assembly Declaration on the Critical 
Economic Situation in Africa and the Plan of Action of the Movement of the Non-
Aligned Countries to meet the critical situation in Africa. 
 
AHG/Decl.1 (XXI) 
 
 
6. We re-affirm that the development of our continent is the primary responsibility of 
our Governments and people.  We are, therefore, determined to take concrete 
actions and measures individually and collectively for the achievements of the 
economic development of our continent in unity and solidarity of African peoples 
and Member States. 
 
7. While reiterating our full commitment to the principles and objectives of the Lagos 
Plan of Action and the Final Act of Lagos, which are more valid today than ever 
before, we have focussed our discussions at the present Summit on a priority 
programme that we will concentrate on during the next five years so as to pave the 
way for national and collective self-reliant and self-sustained growth and 
development in our continent.  The programme consist of: 
 
i. measures for an accelerated implementation of the Lagos Plan of Action and the 
Final Act of Lagos; 
 
ii. special action for improvement of the food situation and the rehabilitation of 
agricultural development in Africa; 
 
iii. measures for alleviating Africa’s external debt burden; 
 
iv. measures for a common platform for action at sub-regional, regional, continental 
and international levels; and 
 
v. measures for action against the effect of the destabilization policy of South Africa 
on the economies of Southern African States. 
 
While according special attention to the priority areas, we recognize the need for 
parallel and effective support action from all the other sectors, especially transport and 
communications and industry in order to achieve the immediate objectives that we have 
set for our countries. 
 
8. Agriculture, which is the dominant sector in our economies, has rapidly deteriorated 
in recent years.  The already declining trend in the production and productivity of 
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the sector, which was noticeable since the beginning of the 1970s, has been 
dramatically aggravated by drought and natural calamities compounded by the 
problem of refugees and displaced persons, thus making almost half of the Member 
States of our Organization dependent on food aid. 
 
9. We wish to express our profound gratitude to the international community 
particularly to the United Nations System and hundreds of voluntary organizations 
and agencies and to millions of people, all over the world, who have contributed so 
generously to Africa’s relief.  We reiterate our call to the international community to 
continue to provide adequate humanitarian assistance for the people in the affected 
countries.  We strongly appeal to the international community, especially the World 
Bank, and the Specialized Agencies of the United Nations system as well as all donor 
countries to channel funds for African Drought, Famine and Economic recovery 
through existing sub-regional and regional groupings such as the River Basins and 
those involved in Multi-national cooperative efforts in Agriculture and Food 
production.  We believe that such direct assistance will eliminate need for further 
feasibility studies and additional staff recruitment and deployment. Support for on-
going projects and programmes already designed and approved by these sub-
regional groups will eliminate further delay in getting international assistance 
directly to the people. 
 
10. We, however, wish to stress that the current battle to save lives and to reduce the 
impact of hunger and famine should not be the only focus of international support 
and cooperation.  Otherwise, the international community will be unwittingly 
contributing to making the emergency a permanent phenomenon.  On our part, we 
are determined not only to cope more efficiently with current and future 
emergencies but are also determined to go beyond emergency and get to the root of 
Africa’s food and agriculture crisis.  We recognize that effective mobilization and 
judicious exploitation of our national and collective potentials, on the basis of well-
formulated development strategies and plans are vital to the eradication of famine 
and for the control of drought and desertification and for the rehabilitation of 
agriculture in Africa. 
 
11. In this regard, we commit our countries to the gradual increase in the share of 
agriculture in national total public investment of between 20 and 25 per cent by 
1989. 
AHG/Decl.1 (XXI) 
 
12. The dramatic increase in the volume of Africa’s external debt, and the heavy debt 
service burden is another source of our profound concern, especially since it 
represents a heavy drain on the meagre foreign exchange resources of our Member 
States.  Indeed, Africa’s external debt estimated at US$158 billion by the end of 1984 
and expected to exceed US$170 billion by the end of 1985, represents a heavy burden 
on our fragile economies, as it represented 36 per cent of the Gross Domestic 
Product of our Region in 1984, and the debt service ration is expected to be much 
higher that 27 per cent of exports in 1985.  Equally disturbing is the inadequacy of 
the concessional flows which forced a number of African countries to resort to the 
international financial markets, mainly the private sources with particularly severe 
terms and conditions for loans.  We are concerned that major lenders have in the 
past deliberately left Africa out of the debt negotiation mechanism established for 
the developing countries and that the international community continues to give low 
priority to Africa’s external debt crisis.  This situation has been aggravated by the 
fact that 26 of African Member States are categorized as Least Developed Countries 
(LDCs), the majority of those people are living below subsistence level; thus the 
external debt of many individual African countries is now beyond their capacity to 
service and pay. 
 
13. We are fully aware of the fact that short-comings in development policies have 
contributed to the present debt crisis.  However, it is evident that the major causes 
of our countries’ debt servicing problems are external ones and such causes are 
unfortunately beyond our control.  These include, inter-alia, the deteriorating terms 
of trade and the consequent reduction in export earnings for debt servicing, 
unprecedented rise in interest rates, sharp exchange rate fluctuations, deteriorating 
terms of borrowing and the reduction in the flow of concessional resources, the 
combined effects of which result in net capital out-flow from most of our Member 
States.  In this regard, the 26 African LDCs have been the most seriously affected. 
 
14. We recognize that the external debts are obligations that our Member States have 
individually contracted, and which they have to honor.  But in view of the negative 
developments in the international economic environment, we call on the 
international community to genuinely work towards an urgent and lasting solution 
to Africa’s growing indebtedness. 
 
AHG/Decl.1 (XXI) 
15. We urge developed countries and the multilateral financial institutions to increase, 
substantially, the transfer of concessional financial resources, including grants, to 
African countries.  In particular, we call on the developed donor countries to 
urgently implement, without discrimination, UNCTAD Resolution 165 (S-IX) on 
debt and development problems of developing countries. 
 
 
16. We also call on the developed donor countries to urgently implement, without 
discrimination, the provisions of the United Nations General Assembly Resolution 
39/29 on the Critical Economic Situation in Africa, which inter alia calls for total or 
partial conversion of Official Development Assistance (ODA) debts into grants. 
 
17. We call for an International Conference on Africa’s external indebtedness to be 
convened as a matter of urgency to provide a forum for international creditors and 
African borrowers to discuss Africa’s external debt with a view to arriving at 
appropriate emergency, short, medium and long-term solutions to alleviate the 
problems. 
 
18. The current economic crisis and the deteriorating international economic relations 
make it imperative for the Member States of our Organization to strengthen 
cooperation among themselves in order to speed up economic integration and 
enhance Africa’s negotiating ability in international fora and thus ensure that 
Africa’s specific interests are taken into account. 
 
19. We undertake to give highest priority to intra-African co-operation in the 
implementation of the Special Programme of Action for Improvement of the Food 
Situation and the Rehabilitation of Agriculture in Africa in order to lay the 
foundation for Africa’s food self-sufficiency. 
 
20. We pledge to take action at all levels to improve the transport and communications 
links and adopt any other strategies which will promote closer co-operation between 
our countries in the fields of industry, human resources, science and technology, 
trade and finance. 
 
21. We recognize that the collective effort of the Member States is the most important 
weapon for tackling the current economic crisis, and Africa is fully aware of its 
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responsibility for adopting measures for its economic recovery and rehabilitation.  
However, the magnitude of the crisis makes it imperative for the international 
community to supplement our effort.  We, therefore, call on the international 
community, in particular the developed countries and international development 
and finance institutions as well as United Nations Agencies, to support Africa’s 
effort to deal with the crisis, in recognition of the specific economic situation of the 
continent.  In this regard, efforts should aim at increasing Africa’s production 
capabilities in the field of food, improving the performance of the transport and 
communications sector, and acquiring adequate technology, especially for industrial 
development. 
 
22. We are convinced that the United Nations System, in particular the General 
Assembly, is an effective forum for sensitizing and mobilizing the international 
community on the critical economic situation in Africa, and the programme of 
recovery which we have formulated to deal with it.  We, therefore, call for the 
convening of a special session of the United Nations General Assembly to deliberate 
on the issues of the critical economic situation in Africa. 
 
23. The policy of aggression by the racist regime of South Africa and its economic and 
military destabilization of Southern African States calls for our collective effort to 
resist.  To that end, we commit our countries to lend financial and material 
assistance to these countries to help them meet the heavy cost of destabilization; and 
we re-affirm our support for the Liberation Movements in their struggle against the 
racist regime.  In this regard, we call upon African institutions and the international 
community to make their contributions. 
 
24. Furthermore we urge all countries, especially the industrialized countries, financial 
institutions and transnational corporations to take measures, including effective 
economic sanctions to force apartheid regime in South Africa to end and its racist 
policies, its illegal occupation of Namibia and the destabilization of Southern African 
States.  We further urge the international community to give all assistance to the 
Southern African States in order to help them counter the effect on their economies 
of sanctions against South Africa. 
 
AHG/Decl.1 (XXI) 
25. To ensure the implementation of the above programme at national, sub-regional, 
regional, continental and international levels, we have decided to establish a 
permanent follow-up mechanism. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
26. Determined to face effectively the twin challenges of survival and development 
confronting our continent, we have adopted the priority programme annexed to this 
Declaration, and pledge on behalf of our peoples and Governments, to implement 
individually and collectively the measures contained therein. 
 
27. We are of the firm conviction that the respect of our commitment will lead to the 
recovery of our economies, the revitalization of a genuine development process to 
the benefit of our peoples as well as paving the way for an overall economic 
integration of Africa.  
 
 
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Chergui, Smail Amb.

 
AFRICAN UNION 
 
 
 
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THE SPEECH OF THE COMMISSIONER FOR PEACE AND SECURITY AT UNVEILING OF THE 
AFRICAN UNION MEMORIAL WALL IN HONOUR OF HEROES AND HEROINES FROM AU 
MEMBER STATES WHO LOST THEIR LIVES FOR THE PEACE AND STABILITY IN AFRICA ON AU 
PEACE SUPPORT MISSIONS 
 
The Deputy Chairperson-HE Amb. Kwesi Quartey,  
State Minister of MFA of Ethiopia,  
Chairperson of the Permanente Representatives Committee,  
Chairperson of the Peace and Security Council, 
Distinguished Ambassadors, Dear partners,  
Representatives of international organizations and agencies,  
Civil Society Organizations present, the AU family and members of the Press. 
 
Your Excellencies, today, in a very special way, I welcome all of you as we remember these gallant 
heroes and heroines of our continent, who fell, holding that light in the line of sacrifice. Some of 
our heroes and heroines remain maimed for life. Today, we honour the blood they shed for us. 
The blood they shed in some cases due to our continent’s own weaknesses and others imposed 
on us from outside. 
Our heroes are our stars too. Today we gather here to bear witness to some of the bright stars 
that lit and continues to light Africa, stars whose lights gave and continue to give guidance and 
hope to millions in our beloved Africa. To us these stars who remain alive in our minds, were men 
and women of courage, they gave us the greatest sacrifice possible. They will inspire us for years 
and years to come.  
We give honour to them for holding high the flags of their member states and that of the African 
Union for the sake of peace, stability and prosperity in our continent. Within our continent alone, 
we remember with pride, the contributions of these gallant men and women in the wider Peace 
Support Operations (from Peace building to enforcement) mandated or authorized by our Peace 
and Security Council. We remember all their contributions where there was no peace to keep, in 
most cases under very difficult conditions, insufficient equipment, violent and unpredictable 
environment, assisting in preventing escalation of crises, facilitating humanitarian assistance, 
protecting vulnerable civilians, supporting extension of state authority, training of national 
security forces, in some cases protecting host government critical installations and personnel but 
because of their sacrifice, at the end, there was peace to celebrate and new lives to build.  
From the AU Mission in Comoros, Ethiopia-Eritrea (2000), Liberia (2003), Cote d’Ivorie (2003), 
The Sudan (2004), DRC (2005), the Comoros (2006), Burundi (2006), Somalia (2007 – to date), 
Sudan - Darfur (2007 - to date), Regional Cooperation Initiative for the Elimination of the Lords’ 
Resistance Army (2011), Mali (2012), Central African Republic (2013), The Multi National Joint 
Task Force against Boko Haram (2015 – to date), G5 Sahel Joint Force (2017 – to date), the 
Kingdom of Lesotho (2018 – now closed), we remember all of them.  
In front of us on this Memorial wall, is the immortalized names of our heroes and heroines 
engraved in lasting remembrance, for future generations to know… 
It is only befitting that we have the inauguration of this Memorial Wall, on our day, Africa Day, 
as we mark 56 years of the birth of modern Africa, the formation of the Organization of African 
Unity, now the African Union. We recite the annual commemorations of Africa’s independence, 
freedom and liberation from colonialism. On this day, we celebrate and acknowledge the 
successes of the African Union from its creation on 25 May 1963, through the fight against 
colonialism and apartheid, as well as the progress that our continent has made to ensure that it 
is at peace within itself, developing and establishing itself amongst other continents, contributing 
to global development and stability.  
Once again, I salute the gallantry of our fallen heroes and heroines. They exhibited great acts of 
bravery and paid the ultimate price through their feats of ingenuity, bravery, and strength. We 
will eternally remember them! Their sacrifice implores us to unite and to meet the expectations 
of the African citizens. 
Your Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen, May you join me in officially unveiling this AU Memorial 
Wall, in honour of our fallen heroes and heroines. Their memories will forever live with us. 
I thank you all for coming to honour them.   
 
 
 
 
 
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AHG/Res. 82 (XIII) 
RESOLUTION RELATING TO THE CULTURAL CHARTER FOR AFRICA 
 
 The Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the Organization of African 
Unity, meeting in its Thirteenth Ordinary Session at Port Louis, Mauritius, from 2nd to 
6th July 1976, 
 
 Having examined the report CM/764 (XXVII) of the Administrative Secretary 
General concerning the Ministers of Cultures’ elaboration of a Cultural Charter for 
Africa in conformity with resolution CM/Res. 371 (XXIII) adopted by the Council of 
Ministers in its Twenty-third Ordinary Session held at Mogadishu (Somalia) from the 
6th to 15th June 1974; 
 
 Conscious of the importance of the role of culture in the political emancipation, 
in the economic and social development; 
 
 Considering that cultural exchanges and the initiatives taken in common in the 
form of cultural action contribute to the mutual enrichment to the understanding 
between human beings and to the peace amongst states; 
 
 Noting that the Ministers of Culture, met in Addis Ababa from 24th to 27th May 
1976 for elaborating the Cultural Charter for Africa had recommended that their draft 
be adopted by the Heads of State and Government, 
 
1. EXPRESSES its sincere congratulations to the Ministers of Culture for the 
efforts they displayed for elaborating the Cultural Charter for Africa; 
 
2. DECIDES to approve the Cultural Charter for Africa; 
 
3. INVITES the Administrative Secretary General to communicate the text of 
the  Cultural Charter to Member States so that they can ratify it and then 
implement it; 
 
4. RECOMMENDS a biennial meeting of the Ministers of Culture with the view 
of defining and harmonising the programme of cultural activities in Africa. 
 
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Permanent Representatives’ Committee (PRC) Thirty-Seventh Ordinary Session 15-16 January 2019 Addis Ababa, Ethiopi

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PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVES’ COMMITTEE (PRC) 
Thirty-Seventh Ordinary Session  
15-16 January 2019 
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 
 
PRC/Draft/1(XXXVII) 
  
 
 
 
As of 15 January 2019 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
DRAFT AGENDA  
 
 
 
PRC/Draft/1(XXXVII) 
Page 1 
 
 
 
DRAFT AGENDA 
 
 
I.  OPENING CEREMONY 
 
 
 (i) Statements 
(ii) Group Photo 
 
 
II.  ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA AND ORGANISATION OF WORK 
 
 (i) Adoption of the Agenda 
(ii) Organisation of Work  
 
 
 
III.  REPORTS ON THE ACTIVITIES OF THE PERMANENT 
REPRESENTATIVES’ COMMITTEE (PRC) 
 
Consideration of the Reports of the PRC Sub-Committees: 
  
 (i) Report of the Joint Sitting of the Sub-Committee on General 
Supervision and Coordination on Budgetary, Financial and 
Administrative Matters and the Experts of F15 
 
EX.CL/1104(XXXIV)i 
 (ii) Report of the Sub-Committee on Audit Matters  
 
EX.CL/1104(XXXIV)ii 
 (iii) Report of the Sub-Committee on Multilateral Cooperation 
 
 EX.CL/1104(XXXIV)iii 
 (iv) Report of the Sub-Committee on Headquarters and Host 
Agreements 
EX.CL/1104(XXXIV)iv 
 (v) Report of the Sub-Committee on Structural Reforms 
 
 
EX.CL/1104(XXXIV)v 
 (vi) Report of the Sub-Committee on Refugees, Returnees 
and Internally Displaced Persons 
 
EX.CL/1104(XXXIV)vi 
 (vii) Report of the PRC Sub-Committee on Economic and 
Trade Matters 
 
EX.CL/1104(XXXIV)vii 
 (viii) Report of the PRC Sub-Committee on NEPAD EX.CL/1104(XXXIV)viii 
 IV. REPORTS OF THE SPECIALIZED TECHNICAL 
COMMITTEES (STCs) 
 
 (i) Declaration of the 11th Ordinary Session of the STC 
on Defense, Safety and Security, 8-12 October 2018, 
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 
 
EX.CL/1105(XXXIV) 
 PRC/Draft/1(XXXVII) 
Page 2 
 
 
 (ii) Report of the 3rd Ordinary Session of the STC on 
Youth, Culture and Sports, 21-25 October 2018, 
Algiers, Algeria 
 
EX.CL/1106(XXXIV) 
 (iii) Report of the 1st Extraordinary Session of the STC 
on Migration, Refugees and IDPs, 29 October - 3rd 
November 2018, Equatorial Guinea, Malabo 
 
EX.CL/1107(XXXIV) 
 (iv) Report of the 4th Ordinary Session of the STC on 
Justice and Legal Affairs, 23-30 November 2018, 
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 
 
EX.CL/1108(XXXIV) 
 (v) Report of the 3rd Ordinary Session of the STC on 
Public service, Local Governments, Urban 
Development and Decentralization, 5-7 December 
2018, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 
 
EX.CL/1109(XXXIV) 
 (vi) Report of the 7th Meeting of African Ministers of 
Trade (AMOT),  12-13 December 2018, Cairo, Egypt 
 
EX.CL/1110(XXXIV) 
 (vii) Report of the 2nd  Ordinary Session of the STC on 
Trade, Industry and Minerals,  08-12 January 2019,  
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 
 
EX.CL/1111(XXXIV) 
 V. REPORTS OF THE COMMISSION, OTHER AU ORGANS AND AU 
SPECIALIZED AGENCIES 
 
a) REPORTS OF THE COMMISSION   
 
 
 (i) Consideration of the Concept Note on the Theme of the 
Year: “Refugees, Returnees and Internally Displaced 
Persons: Towards Durable Solutions to Forced 
Displacement in Africa” 
 
EX.CL/1112(XXXIV) 
 (ii) Report of the Commission on the Status of 
Implementation of Previous Decisions of the Executive 
Council and the Assembly 
 
EX.CL/1113(XXXIV) 
 (iii) Report of the Commission on the Situation in Palestine 
and the Middle East 
 
EX.CL/1115(XXXIV) 
 (iv) Report of the Commission on the Humanitarian Situation 
in Africa 
EX.CL/1116(XXXIV) 
 (v) Report of the Commission on the implementation of 
AGA on the State of Governance in Africa 
EX.CL/1117(XXXIV) 
 PRC/Draft/1(XXXVII) 
Page 3 
 
 
 (vi) Report of the Commission on the High Level Panel’s 
Report for assessing candidate countries to host the 
African Space Agency 
 
EX.CL/1118(XXXIV) 
 (vii) Report of the Commission on the establishment of the 
Regional Operational Centre on Human Trafficking and 
Smuggling of Migrants in Khartoum (ROCK) 
 
EX.CL/1122(XXXIV) 
 (viii) Progress report of the Commission on the 
implementation of Decision 
Assembly/AU/Dec.710(XXXI) on the African Union 
Centre for Post-Conflict Reconstruction and 
Development (AUCPCRD) 
 
EX.CL/1119(XXXIV) 
 (ix) Report of the Commission on para 28 of Assembly 
Decision Ext/Assembly/AU/Dec.1(XI) 
 
EX.CL/1120(XXXIV) 
 (x) Report of the Commission on the realignment of the 
legal instruments with the decision on the institutional 
reform  
 
EX.CL/1121(XXXIV) 
 (xi) Report of the Commission on reinstating the Drafting 
Committee 
 
EX.CL/1123(XXXIV) 
 b) REPORTS OF OTHER AU ORGANS 
 
 
 (1) ACTIVITY REPORT OF THE PAN AFRICAN 
PARLIAMENT  
 
EX.CL/1124(XXXIV) 
 (2) ACTIVITY REPORT OF THE AFRICAN COMMITTEE 
OF EXPERTS ON THE RIGHTS AND WELFARE OF 
THE CHILD (ACERWC) 
 
EX.CL/1125(XXXIV) 
 (3) ACTIVITY REPORT OF THE AFRICAN COURT ON 
HUMAN AND PEOPLES’ RIGHTS (AfCHPR) 
 
EX.CL/1126(XXXIV) 
 (4) ACTIVITY REPORT OF THE AFRICAN COMMISSION 
ON HUMAN AND PEOPLES’ RIGHTS (ACHPR) 
EX.CL/1127(XXXIV) 
  
(5) ACTIVITY REPORT OF THE AFRICAN UNION 
ADVISORY BOARD ON CORRUPTION (AUABC) 
 
 
EX.CL/1128(XXXIV) 
 (6) ACTIVITY REPORT OF AFRICAN UNION 
COMMISSION ON INTERNATIONAL LAW (AUCIL) 
 
EX.CL/1130(XXXIV) 
 c) REPORTS OF AU SPECIALIZED AGENCIES 
 
 
 (i) Activity Report of the African Risk Capacity (ARC) Agency EX.CL/1131(XXXIV) 
 PRC/Draft/1(XXXVII) 
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 (ii) Activity Report of the African Capacity Building 
Foundation (ACBF) 
EX.CL/1132(XXXIV) 
   
 VI. ITEMS PROPOSED BY MEMBER STATES  
 
 
 (i) Compensation for victims of Hisseine Habre’s  crime, 
item proposed by the Republic of Chad 
 
EX.CL/1133(XXXIV) 
Add.1 
 (ii) On Revitalising and Operationalising the African Union 
Policy on Post Conflict Reconstruction and Development: 
Practical Policy options and adaptive measures for 
sustainable solutions to address root causes of Forced 
Displacement challenges in Africa,  item proposed by the 
Arab Republic of Egypt   
 
EX.CL/1133(XXXIV) 
Add.2 
 (iii) AU Recognition of the 400th Anniversary of the 
Transatlantic Slave Trade,  item proposed by the 
Republic of Kenya 
EX.CL/1133(XXXIV) 
Add.3 
  
(iv) Follow up on the Establishment of the African Migration 
Observatory in Morocco,  item proposed by the Kingdom 
of Morocco 
 
EX.CL/1133(XXXIV) 
Add.4 
 (v) Debt Cancellation  as a mean towards enhancing Peace, 
Security, Development and Durable Solutions for 
Displaced Somalis   item proposed by the Federal 
Republic of Somalia 
 
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 (vi) Enhancing Access to Water Investments, Eliminating 
Water Scarcity, as a solution to jobs and challenges of 
Internally Displaced People, Refugees and Returnees, ,  
item proposed by the Republic of South Africa 
 
(vii) Encyclopaedia Africana Project – Documenting African 
History Towards Durable Solutions To African 
Challenges Including Forced Displacement, item 
proposed by the Republic of Ghana 
 
EX.CL/1133(XXXIV) 
Add.6 
 
 
 
 
EX.CL/1133(XXXIV) 
Add.7 
 
 (viii) Addressing Social Determinants of Health in Africa 
Adoption of (Health in All Policies) Approach, item 
proposed by the Republic of Sudan  
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Add.8 
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 VII. CONSIDERATION OF THE DRAFT AGENDA OF THE 34th 
ORDINARY SESSION OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL AND THE 
32NDORDINARY SESSION OF THE ASSEMBLY OF THE AFRICAN 
UNION 
 
 
 VIII. CONSIDERATION OF THE DRAFT DECISIONS OF THE 
EXECUTIVE COUNCIL 
 
 
 IX. ANY OTHER BUSINESS  
 
 
 X. ADOPTION OF THE REPORT OF THE PERMANENT 
REPRESENTATIVES’ COMMITTEE (PRC) 
  
 
 XI. CLOSING   
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AHG/Res. 40 (II) 
 
RESOLUTION ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN 
THE ECA AND THE OAU 
 
 The Assembly of Heads of State and Government meeting in its Second Ordinary 
Session in Accra, Ghana, from 21 to 25 October 1965, 
 
 Considering the need for a more detailed study concerning the question of the 
relationship between the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa and the 
Organization of African Unity, 
 
1. DECIDES to re-include the item in the agenda of its next Session; 
 
2. REQIESTS the Administrative Secretary-General to undertake further 
studies in this question and to circulate the results to Member States at least 
one month before the next Ordinary Session of the council of Ministers. 
 
 
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AHG/ST. 3 (XVI) Rev. 1 
 
 
MONROVIA DECLARATION OF COMMITMENT OF THE HEADS 
OF STATE AND GOVERNMENT, OF THE ORGANIZATION OF AFRICAN 
UNITY ON GUIDELINES AND MEASURES FOR NATIONAL AND 
COLLECTIVE SELF-RELIANCE IN SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 
FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A NEW INTERNATIONAL 
ECONOMIC ORDER 
 
 We, the Heads of State and Government of the Organization of African Unity; 
 
 Recalling our resolution CM/ST/ 12 (XXI) endorsed by the Tenth Ordinary 
Session of the Organization of African Unity held in Addis Ababa on 25 May 1973 
containing the African Declaration of Co-operation, Development and Economic 
Independence; 
 
 Recalling the recommendations of the 11th Extraordinary Session of the Council 
of Ministers of the OAU on Economic Development and cooperation held in Kinshasa in 
December 1976; 
 
 Having taken note of the Interim Report of the Secretary-General on 
Development and Economic Integration of African contained in Doc CM/983 (XXXIII) 
including its annex I – Colloquium of the prospects for Development and Economic 
Growth in Africa especially to the year 2000 - and annex II – Development strategy for 
Africa for the Third United Nations Development Decade; 
 
 Aware of the fact that Africa is a vast continent amply endowed with natural 
resources of all kinds, provided with a potentially rich human resource base and 
capable of a rapid transformation of its economies and improvement in the standard of 
living of its peoples, 
 
 Determined to ensure that our Member States individually and collectively 
restructure their economic and social strategies and programmes so as to achieve rapid 
socio-economic change and to establish a solid domestic and intra-African base for a 
self-sustaining, self-reliant development and economic growth; 
 
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 Realizing that the political regime which protects basic human rights and 
democratic freedom is essential for mobilizing the creative initiative of our people for 
rapid economic development including scientific and technological innovation; 
 
 Recognizing the need to take urgent action to provide the political support 
necessary for the success of measures to achieve the goals of rapid self-reliance and self-
sustaining development and economic growth; 
 
HEREBY DECLARES AS FOLLOWS: 
 
1. That we commit ourselves individually and collectively on behalf of our 
Governments and peoples to promote the social and economic development 
and integration of our economies with a view to achieving an increasing 
measure of self-reliance and self-sustainment; 
 
2. That we commit ourselves individually and collectively on behalf of our 
Government and peoples to promote the economic integration of the African 
region in order to facilitate and reinforce social and economic intercourse; 
 
3. That we commit ourselves individually and collectively on behalf of our 
Governments and peoples to establish national, sub-regional and regional 
institutions which will facilitate the attainment of objectives of self-reliance 
and self-sustainment; 
 
4. That, more specifically, we commit ourselves individually and collectively on 
behalf of our Governments and peoples to: 
 
a) Give an important place to the field of human resources development by 
states to eliminate illiteracy; 
 
b) Put science and technology in the service of development by reinforcing 
autonomous capacity of our countries in this field; 
 
c) Self-sufficiency in food production and supply; 
 
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d) Complete implementation of the programme for the United Nations 
Transport and communications Decade for Africa; 
 
e) Sub-regional and regional internally located industrial development; 
 
f) Co-operation in the field of natural resources control, exploration, 
extraction and use for the development of our economics and for the 
benefit of our peoples and the setting up of appropriate institutions to 
achieve these purposes; 
 
g) The development of indigenous entrepreneurial, technical manpower and 
technological capabilities to enable our peoples to assume great 
responsibility for the achievement of our individual and collective 
development goals; 
 
h) Co-operation in the preservation, protection and improvement of the 
natural environment; 
 
i) Ensure that our development policies reflect adequately our socio-cultural 
values in order to reinforce our cultural identity; 
 
j) Take into account the dimension of the future in the elaboration of our 
development plans including studies and measures aimed at achieving the 
rapid socio-economic transformation of our states. 
 
5. We hold firmly to the view that these commitments will lead to the creation at 
the national, sub-regional and regional levels of a dynamic inter-dependent 
African economy and will thereby pave the way for the eventual 
establishment of an African Common Market leading to an African 
Economic Community, 
 
6. Resolving to give special attention to the discussion of economic issues at each 
annual Session of our Assembly, we hereby call on the Administrative 
Secretary-General, in collaboration with the Executive Secretary-General of 
the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, to draw up annually 
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specific programmes and measures for economic co-operation on sub-
regional, regional and continental basis in Africa. 
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AHG/Res. 99 (XVII) 
RESOLUTION ON THE DIEGO GARCIA 
 
 The Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the Organization of African 
Unity meeting at its 17th Ordinary Session in Freetown, Sierra Leone from 1 to 4 July 
1980, 
 
 Pursuant to article I, para 2, of the Charter of the Organization of African Unity, 
which stipulates “The Organization shall include the Continental African States, 
Madagascar and other islands surrounding Africa”, 
 
 Considering that one of the fundamental principles of the Organization is the 
“respect for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of each state”, 
 
 Aware of the fact that Diego Garcia has always been an integral part of 
Mauritius, a Member State of the OAU, 
 
 Recognizing that Diego Garcia was not ceded to Britain for military purposes, 
 
 Realizing the militarization of Diego Garcia is a threat to Africa, and to the 
Indian Ocean as a zone of peace, 
 
 DEMANDS that Diego Garcia be unconditionally returned to Mauritius and that 
its peaceful character be maintained. 
 
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