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16th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union to Take Major Decisions on Shared Values and Other Issues.

16th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union to Take Major Decisions on Shared Values and Other Issues.

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January 30, 2011

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16TH ORDINARY SESSION OF THE ASSEMBLY OF THE AFRICAN UNION TO TAKE MAJOR DECISIONS ON SHARED VALUES AND OTHER ISSUES

The 16th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the African Union will take place from 30- 31 January 2011, at the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Heads of State of Member States of the African Union will dedicate the first day of the summit to discussing the theme of the summit, “Towards Greater Unity and Integration through Shared Values”. On this day, they will also elect a new bureau for the year 2011. The day will end with the adoption of the declaration on the theme of the Summit.

Other important agenda items during the two- day summit are; the adoption of the budget for the 2011 financial year; appointment of the members of the advisory board on corruption and appointment of a member of the African Committee on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACERWC).

The Heads of State will also have a number of major issues to consider as they seek to move the AU towards attaining its goal of development and integration. These include: the Implementation of Previous Decisions of the Executive Council and the Assembly; the State of Peace and Security in Africa; the activities of NEPAD Heads of State and Government Orientation Committee (HSGOC); and the Committee of Ten on the UN Reforms.

The assembly will also discuss the Progress Report of the Commission on the Hissene Habre Case (in implementation of Decision Assembly/AU/Dec.272 (XIV); the Progress Report of the Commission on the Implementation of Assembly Decision on the Transformation of the African Union Commission into the African Union Authority; the Report of the Committee of Heads of State and Government on Climate Change (CAHOSCC); the Report of the Commission on the 2nd Africa-Arab Summit, Sirte, Libya, 6-10 October 2010; the Report of the Commission on the 3rdAfrica-EU Summit, Tripoli, Libya, 29-30 November 2010 and the Report of the Outgoing Chairperson of the Union on the outcome of the G20 summit held in Seoul, Korea, 11-12 November 2010.

In addition, there are a number of items proposed by Member States for consideration, before the summit adopts the decisions and recommendations of the 18th Ordinary Session of the Executive Council which was held from 27- 28 January as well as the decisions and declarations of the 16th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the AU. The Assembly meeting will conclude on 31 January.

Journalists are invited to cover the opening and closing ceremonies of the Assembly as well as the public sessions. Programmes and other documents are available on http://au.int/en/summit/16thsummit