Decisions of the Forty Seventh Ordinary Session of the Executive Council
EXECUTIVE COUNCIL
Forty-Seventh Ordinary Session
10 - 11 July 2025
Malabo, EQUATORIAL GUINEA
EX.CL/Dec.1310–1322(XLVII)
Original: English
DECISIONS

Promoting Africa’s growth and economic development by championing citizen inclusion and increased cooperation and integration of African states.

Promoting Africa’s growth and economic development by championing citizen inclusion and increased cooperation and integration of African states.

Agenda 2063 is the blueprint and master plan for transforming Africa into the global powerhouse of the future. It is the strategic framework for delivering on Africa’s goal for inclusive and sustainable development and is a concrete manifestation of the pan-African drive for unity, self-determination, freedom, progress and collective prosperity pursued under Pan-Africanism and African Renaissance.

H.E President William Samoei Ruto (PhD), President of the Republic of Kenya and the African Union Champion on Institutional Reform. H.E. Ruto was appointed during the 37th Assembly of Heads of State and Government in February 2024 to champion the AU Institutional Reform process taking over from the H.E Paul Kagame, President of the Republic of Rwanda who led the implementation of the reform process since 2016.


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EXECUTIVE COUNCIL
Forty-Seventh Ordinary Session
10 - 11 July 2025
Malabo, EQUATORIAL GUINEA
EX.CL/Dec.1310–1322(XLVII)
Original: English
DECISIONS
1.EX.CL/Dec.644(XIX)
Decision on the Contribution of the Member States to the 2011 Budget of the African Union - Doc. EX.CL/655(XIX)vi 1
2.EX.CL/Dec.645(XIX) Decision on the Budget of the African Union for the 2012 Financial Year - Doc. PRC/Rpt(XXII) 1
3.EX.CL/Dec.646(XIX) Decision on Structural Reforms - Doc.EX.CL/655(XIX)ii 1
4.EX.CL/Dec.647(XIX)
Decision on the Nineteenth Ordinary Session of the African Union Conference of Ministers of Industry - Doc. EX.CL/660(XIX) 2
5.EX.CL/Dec.648(XIX)
Decision on the Report of the Eighth Ordinary Session of Labour and Social Affairs Commission of the African Union - Doc.EX.CL/661(XIX)1
6.EX.CL/Dec.649(XIX)
Decision on the Report of the Fifth Ordinary Session of the African Union Conference of Ministers of Health - Doc. EX.CL/662(XIX)2
7.EX.CL/Dec.650(XIX)
Decision on the Conclusions of the Third Joint Retreat between the Permanent Representatives Committee and the African Union Commission - Doc. EX.CL/663(XIX) 3
8.EX.CL/Dec.651(XIX)
Decision on the Status of Signature and Ratification of OAU/AU Treaties - Doc. EX.CL/664(XIX) 1
9.EX.CL/Dec.652(XIX)
Decision on the Situation in Palestine and the Middle East - Doc. EX.CL/667(XIX) 1
10. EX.CL/Dec.653(XIX)
Decision on the Humanitarian Situation in Africa - Doc. EX.CL/668(XIX) 2
11.EX.CL/Dec.654(XIX)
Decision on African Union-United Nations Ten Year Capacity Building Programme - Doc. EX.CL/671(XIX)1
12.EX.CL/Dec.655(XIX)
Decision on the Report of the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child - Doc. EX.CL/675(XIX) 1
13.EX.CL/Dec.656(XIX)
Decision on the Report of the Economic, Social and Cultural Council of the Union (ECOSOCC) - Doc. EX.CL/677(XIX) 1
14.EX.CL/Dec.657(XIX)
Decision on the Activities of the African Union Advisory Board on Corruption - Doc. EX.CL/680(XIX) 1
15.EX.CL/Dec.658(XIX)
Decision on the Report of the African Union Commission on International Law (AUCIL) Doc. EX.CL/681(XIX) 1
16.EX.CL/Dec.659(XIX)
Decision on the Activity Report of the African Court on Human 1 and Peoples’ Rights - Doc. EX.CL/649(XIX)
17.EX.CL/Dec.660(XIX)
Decision on Multilateral Cooperation - Doc. EX.CL/655(XIX)iii 1
18.EX.CL/Dec.661(XIX)
Decision on the Report of the Ministerial Panel for the Election of Members of the Commission - Doc. EX.CL/674(XIX) 1
19.EX.CL/Dec.662(XIX)
Decision on the Election of one (1) Member of the African Union Commission on International Law (AUCIL) - Doc. EX.CL/682(XIX) 1
20.EX.CL/Dec.663(XIX)
Decision on the Election of Five Members of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR) - Doc. EX.CL/683(XIX) 1
21.EX.CL/Dec.664(XIX)
Decision on African Candidatures for Posts within the International System - Doc. EX.CL/673(XIX) 3
22.EX.CL/Dec.665(XIX)
Decision on the candidature of Algeria to the Chairmanship of the 77 and China Group 1
23.EX.CL/Dec.666(XIX)
Decision on the Activity Report of the African Commission on Human and People’s Rights - Doc. PRC/Rpt(XXII) 1
24.EX.CL/Dec.667(XIX)
Decision on the Report of the Pan-African Parliament - Doc. EX.CL/676(XIX) 1
• Decision on the Theme “Accelerating Youth Empowerment for Sustainable Development” – Doc. Assembly/AU/2(XVII)
• Decision on Alternative Sources of Financing the African Union – Doc. EX./CL/656(XIX)
• Decision on the Specialized Technical Committees – Doc. EX.Cl/666(XIX)
• Decision on the Implementation of the Assembly Decisions on the International Criminal Court – Doc. EX.CL/670(XIX)
• Decision on the Report of the Implementation of the Roadmap and Global African Diaspora Process – Doc. EX.CL/686(XIX)
• Decision on the Theme, Date and Venue of the Eighteenth Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union
• Decision on the Report of the Peace and Security Council on its Activities and the State of Peace and Security in Africa – Doc. Assem bly/AU/4(XVI I)
• Decision on the Report of the Committee of Ten Heads of State and Government on the Reforms of the United Nations Security Council - Doc. Assembly/AU/6(XVII)
• Decision on the Hissene Habre Case – Doc. Assemby/AU/8(XVI I)
• Decision on The Transformation of The African Union Commission into The African Union Authority – Doc. Assem bly/AU/9(XVI I)
• Decision on the Allocation of the Pan-African University Institute on Water and Energy Science, including Climate Change
• Decision on the Budget of the African Union for the 2012 Financial Year – Doc. EX/CL/657(XIX)
• Decision on Africa‟s Preparation for Seventeenth Conference of the Parties/Seventh Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto
• Protocol - Doc. Assembly/AU/7(XVII)
• Decision on the Implementation of the Great Green Wall Programme – Doc. EX.CL/656(XIX)
• Decision on the Election of One Member of the African Union Commission on International Law – Doc. EX.CL/682(XIX)
• Decision on the Election of Five Members of the African Commission on Human and Peoples‟ Rights – Doc.
• Decision on the African Union Decision-Making Process, Lack of Implementation of Decisions, and the Need to Uphold and Respect the Integrity of Assembly Decisions by all Member States – Doc. Assembly/AU/1 2(XVII) Add.1
• Decision on the Conclusions of the International Symposium on the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Independence of African Countries – Doc. Assembly/AU/1 2(XVII) Add.2
• Decision on Africa‟s Preparations for the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (RIO+20); Common Positions and Strategies in the face of the challenge of Green
• Economy and International Governance of the Environment - Doc. Assembly/AU/1 2(XVI I) Add.3
• Decision on the Jacques Diouf Prize on Food Security– Doc. Assembly/AU/1 2(XVII) Add.4
• Decision on the Support of a Draft Resolution at the Sixty
Sixth Ordinary Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations to Ban Female Genital Mutilation in the World– Doc. Assembly/AU/1 2(XVII) Add.5
• Decision on the Project to Establish the African Centre of Excellence in Information and Communication Technologies (CAETIC) in Tunis, Republic of Tunisia – Doc.Assembly/AU/1 2(XVII) Add.7
• Decision on the Situation in Libya
• Decision on the Report of Heads of State and Government Orientation Committee on the New Partnership for Africa Development – Doc. Assembly/AU/5(XVII)
• Decision on the Offer of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea to host the 3rd Africa-South America Summit
• Decision on the use of Spanish within the African Union
• Decision on the UNESCO-Obiang Nguema Mbasogo
• International Prize for Research in the Life Sciences
• Decision on the Tenth Anniversary of the World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance and the Durban Declaration And Plan of Action
• Declaration on Creating Employment for Accelerating Youth Development and Empowerment
• Solemn Declaration on The Sudan
• Resolution on the Lifting of the Economic and Trade Embargo imposed on the Republic of Cuba by the United States of America

