DECISION ON THE PAN AFRICAN UNIVERSITY STATUTES
Doc. Assembly/AU/11(XX)
The Assembly,
RECALLS its Decision, Assembly/AU/Dec.290(XV) adopted in Kampala, Uganda, in July 2010 to create the Pan African University (PAU) in accordance with the model proposed by the Commission;
ALSO RECALLS the Decision, Assembly/AU/Dec.418(XIX) adopted in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia in July, 2012 on the operationalization of the PAU;
COMMENDS the Member States and their Institutes who have responded to the request of the Assembly to operationalize the PAU by hosting regional Centres according to its Decision Assembly/AU/Dec.391 (XVIII) adopted in Addis Ababa in January 2011;
CONGRATULATES the PAU Host Countries that have signed the relevant Memoranda of Understanding;
URGES the Southern African region to expedite the selection of the host country for the PAU thematic institute on Space Sciences;
FURTHER TAKES NOTE of the recommendations of the Executive Council regarding the adoption of the PAU Statutes;
ADOPTS the PAU Statutes.