Executive Council Seventeenth Ordinary Session

1. EX.CL/Dec.556(XVII) Decision on the activity report of the PRC Sub-

Committee on Multilateral Cooperation

Doc. PRC/Rpt (XX) 2

2. EX.CL/Dec.557(XVII) Decision on the report of the commission on

Cooperation with some countries and some

International Organizations - Doc. PRC/Rpt(XX) 1

3. EX.CL/Dec.558(XVII) Decision on the Situation of Refugees,

Returnees and Internally Displaced Persons in

Africa Doc. PRC/Rpt(XX) 2

4. EX.CL/Dec.559(XVII)

Decision on the African Union Conferences and

Programmes - Doc. PRC/Rpt(XX) 2

5. EX.CL/Dec.560(XVII)

Decision on the establishment of Pan-African

University - Doc. EX.CL/579(XVII) 2

6. EX.CL/Dec.561(XVII)

Decision on the Public Service in Africa - Doc.

EX.CL/579(XVII) 1

7. EX.CL/Dec.562(XVII)

Decision on the Report of the Fourth African

Ministerial Conference on Science and

Technology (AMCOST IV) -Doc. Ex.cl/584(XVII) 1

8. EX.CL/Dec.563(XVII) Decision on the Report of the Commission on

the Second Conference of African Ministers in

charge of Border Issues - Doc. EX.CL/585(XVII) 2

9. EX.CL/Dec.564(XVII) Decision on the African Common Position and

the 2010 Millennium Development Goals

(MDGs) Report - Doc. EX.CL/586(XVII) 2

10. EX.CL/Dec.565(XVII) Decision on the Implementation of the African

Charter on Statistics - Doc. EX.CL/586(XVII) 1

Adopted by the Seventeenth Ordinary Session of the Executive Council in Kampala, Uganda, on 25 July 2010

11. EX.CL/Dec.566(XVII) Decision on the Report of the Third Conference

of the African Ministers in Charge of Youth

Doc. EX.CL/588 (XVII) 1

12. EX.CL/Dec.567(XVII) Decision on the Implementation of the Plan of

Action for the Outcomes of the Special Summit

on Refugees, Returnees and Internally

Displaced Persons in Africa - Doc.

EX.CL/591(XVII) 1

13. EX.CL/Dec.568(XVII) Decision on the Report of the Special Session

of the African Union Conference of Ministers of

Health (CAMH4) on Maternal, Infant and Child

Health in Africa- Doc. EX.CL/592(XVII) 2

14. EX.CL/Dec.569(XVII) Decision on the Report of the African

Committee of Experts on the Rights and

Welfare of the Child (ACERWC) - Doc.

EX.CL/602(XVII) 1

15. EX.CL/Dec.570(XVII) Decision on the Activity Report of the African

Union Advisory Board on Corruption

Doc. EX.CL/603(XVII) 1

16. EX.CL/Dec.571(XVII) Decision on the Status of Signature and

Ratification of OAU/AU Treaties

Doc. EX.CL/605(XVII) 2

17. EX.CL/Dec.572(XVII) Decision on the situation in Palestine and the

Middle East - Doc. EX.CL/609(XVII) 3

18. EX.CL/Dec.573(XVII) Decision on the Africa Institutional Architecture

for Infrastructure - Doc. EX.CL/610(XVII) 1

19. EX.CL/Dec.574(XVII) Decision on the Report of the Commission on

the Continental Launch of the African Women’s

Decade (2010-2020) - (DOC. EX.CL/613 (XVII) 1

20. EX.CL/Dec.575(XVII) Decision on the Report of the Commission on

the Implementation of the African Union Solemn

Declaration on Gender Equality in Africa

Doc. EX.CL/614 (XVII) 1

Adopted by the Seventeenth Ordinary Session of the Executive Council in Kampala, Uganda, on 25 July 2010

21. EX.CL/Dec.576(XVII) Draft Decision on the Establishment of an

African Integration Facility 1

22. EX.CL/Dec.577(XVII) Decision on the Staff Regulations and Rules of

the African Union - Doc. EX.CL/580(XVII) 1

23. EX.CL/Dec.578(XVII) Decision on the First Quarterly Report of the

Commission on the 2010 Budget Execution 1

24. EX.CL/Dec.579(XVII) Decision on the Report of the African Union

Commission on International Law (AUCIL) -

Doc. EX.CL/604(XVII) 1

25. EX.CL/Dec.580(XVII) Decision on the Contribution of Members States

Doc. PRC/Rpt(XX) 1

26. EX.CL/Dec.581(XVII) Decision on Economic Social and Cultural

Council (ECOSOCC) - Doc. Ex.Cl.599/(XVII) 1

27. EX.CL/Dec.582(XVII) Decision on the Scale of Assessment

Doc. EX.CL/595(XVII) 1

28. EX.CL/Dec.583(XVII) Decision on the Twenty-Eighth Activity Report

of the African Commission on Human and

Peoples’ Rights - Doc.Ex.CL/600(XVII) 1

29. EX.CL/Dec.584(XVII) Decision on the item Proposed by the Republic

of Senegal “A Partnership For The Elimination

of Mother-Child Transmission of HIV in Africa”

Doc. EX.CL/615(XVII) Add. 1 2

30. EX.CL/Dec.585(XVII) Decision on the Item Proposed by the Republic

of Senegal on “Accession of African Countries

to the United Nations Convention on

Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of

Certain Conventional Weapons Which may be

deemed to be Excessively Injurious or to have

Indiscriminate Effects (CCW)” - Doc.

EX.CL/615(XVII)Add. 2 1

Adopted by the Seventeenth Ordinary Session of the Executive Council in Kampala, Uganda, on 25 July 2010

31. EX.CL/Dec.586(XVII) Draft Decision on the Item Proposed by the

Republic of Senegal on “The Institution of 3rd

April as Africa Renaissance Day”

Doc. EX.CL/615 (XVII) Add. 3 1

32. EX.CL/Dec.587(XVII) Decision on the Item Proposed by the Republic of Uganda on “Social-Economic Transformation

and Infrastructure Development in Africa: Energy,

Railway, Road And ICT Sectors”

Doc. EX.CL/615(XVII) Add. 4 1

33. EX.CL/Dec.588(XVII) Decision on the Item Proposed by the People’s

Democratic Republic of Algeria on the

“Establishment of an African Framework for

Constitutional Justice”

Doc. EX.CL/615(XVII) Add. 5 1

34. EX.CL/Dec.589(XVII) Decision on the item proposed by the People’s

Democratic Republic of Algeria on “The Third

African Conference on the Application of Space

Sciences and Technologies for Sustainable

Development” - Doc. EX.CL/615(XVII)Add. 6 1

35. EX.CL/Dec.590(XVII) Decision on the item proposed by the Republic

of Kenya Integration of the African Regional

Standardization Organization into the African

Union Structures - Doc. EX.CL/615(XVII) Add. 7 1

36. EX.CL/Dec.591(XVII) Decision on the item proposed by the Republic

of Malawi on “A Medium Term Policy

Framework and Strategy for a Food Secure

Africa and Commemoration of “Africa Food and

Nutrition Security Day” - DOC. EX.CL/615(XVII)

Add. 8 1

37. EX.CL/Dec.592(XVII) Decision on the item proposed by the Arab

Republic of Egypt on “Promotion of

Cooperation, Dialogue and Respect for

Diversity in the Field of Human Rights” - Doc.

EX.CL/615(XVII) Add. 9 1

Adopted by the Seventeenth Ordinary Session of the Executive Council in Kampala, Uganda, on 25 July 2010

38. EX.CL/Dec.593(XVII) Decision on the item proposed by the Great

Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya on

“Reconsideration of Decision

Assembly/AU/Dec.263(IXII) on the

Transformation of the African Union

Commission into the African Union Authority” -

Doc. EX.CL/615(XVII)Add.10 1

39. EX.CL/Dec.594(XVII) Decision on the item proposed by the Great

Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya

“Convening of Mid-Year Sessions of the

Assembly of the African Union (July Sessions)”

Doc. 615(XVII)Add.11 1

40. EX.CL/Dec.595(XVII) Decision on the Activities of the NEPAD

Planning and Coordinating Agency - Doc.

EX.CL/601(XVII) 1

41. EX.CL/Dec.596(XVII) Decision on Election of a Member of the African

Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights

Doc. EX.CL/616(XVII) 1

42. EX.CL/Dec.597(XVII) Decision on the Election of Members of the

African Committee of Experts on the Rights and

Welfare of the Child

Doc. EX.CL/617(XVII)

43. EX.CL/Dec.598(XVII) Decision on the Election of Judges of the

African Court on Human And Peoples’ Rights

Doc. EX.CL/618(XVII) 1

44. EX.CL/Dec.599(XVII) Decision on African Candidatures Within the

International System - Doc. EX.CL/596(XVII) 1

Kampla

15th AU Summit

The Executive Council

Agenda 2063

Flagship Projects

Integrated High Speed Train Network

Connecting African capitals and commercial centers through a High-Speed Train Network; facilitating the movement of goods, factor services and people as well as reducing transport costs and relieving congestion of current and future systems through increased rail connectivity.

African Commodities Strategy

Transforming Africa from a raw materials supplier by enabling countries to add value, extract higher rents from commodities, integrate into global value chains promote diversification anchored in value addition and local content development.

African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA)

Accelerating intra-African trade and boosting Africa’s trading position in the global market by strengthening Africa’s common voice and policy space in global trade negotiations.

The African Passport & Free Movement of People

Removing restrictions on Africans’ ability to travel, work and live within their own continent by transforming restrictive laws and promoting visa free travel to enhance movement of all African citizens in all African countries.

Silencing the Guns by 2020

Ending all wars, civil conflicts, gender-based violence, violent conflicts and preventing genocide in the continent by 2020.

The Grand Inga Dam Project

Generating an estimated 43,200MW of power to support current regional power pools and their combined service to transform Africa from traditional to modern sources of energy and ensure access to clean and affordable electricity.

Single African Air-Transport Market

Promoting intra-regional connectivity between the capital cities of Africa by creating a single unified air transport market in Africa, as an impetus to the continent’s economic integration and growth agenda.

African Economic Forum

Multi-stakeholder meeting bringing together the Africa’s policy makers, private sector, academia and civil society to reflect on accelerating Africa’s socio- economic development and transformation by harnessing its vast resources.

African Financial Institutions

Accelerating integration and economic development through the establishment of organisations which will play a pivotal role in the mobilization of resources and management of the African financial sector.

The Pan African e-Network

Transforming Africa into an e-Society by implementing policies and strategies that lead to transformative e-applications and services in Africa such as broad band terrestrial infrastructure, cyber security and revolutionary bio and nanotechnology industries.

Africa Outer Space Strategy

Strengthening Africa’s use of outer space to bolster development in critical sectors such as agriculture, disaster management, remote sensing, climate forecast, banking and finance, defense and security.

African Virtual & e-University

Using ICT based programmes to increase access to tertiary and continuing education in Africa by reaching large numbers of students and professionals in multiple sites simultaneously.

Cyber Security

Incorporating emerging technologies in Africa’s development plans and ensuring these technologies are used for the benefit of African individuals, institutions and nation states by ensuring data protection and safety online.

Great African Museum

Preserving and promoting African cultural heritage by creating awareness of Africa’s vast, dynamic and diverse cultural artefacts and Africa’s continuing influence on world cultures in art, music, language, science, and so on.

Encyclopaedia Africana

Provide an authoritative resource on the authentic history of Africa and African life.

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Agenda 2063

Key Resources