Decision on the Draft Rules of Procedures of the Assembly, and Statute of the Commission

Jurisdiction
African Regional Bodies · African Union (AU)
Citation
Assembly/AU/Dec.806(XXXIV)
Regional Body / Author
Assembly of the African Union
Date
7 February 2021
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Type
Decision
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DECISION ON THE DRAFT RULES OF PROCEDURES OF THE ASSEMBLY, AND
STATUTE OF THE COMMISSION

The Assembly,

  1. RECALLS Decision Ext/Assembly/AU/Dec.3(XI), which requested the Commission to align the relevant legal instruments of the Union, in line with the Institutional Reform of November 2018;

  2. ALSO RECALLS Decision Assembly/AU/Dec.759(XXXIII) of February 2020, which took note of the recommendations on the alignment of the Rules of Procedures of the Assembly, Executive Council, Permanent Representatives’ Committee and the Statute of the Commission;

  3. TAKES NOTE of Decision EX.CL/Dec.1099(XXXVII) of October 2020, which adopted the aligned Rules of Procedures of the Executive Council and Permanent Representatives’ Committee, provisionally adopted the Assembly Rules of Procedures and the Statutes of the Commission, and recommended to the Assembly for final adoption;

  4. HEREBY ADOPTS the:

  1. Aligned Rules of Procedures of the Assembly; and

  2. Aligned Statute of the Commission.

  1. DECIDES to amend the Article 13 of the Aligned Rules of Procedure of the Assembly in accordance with AU/Assembly Dec 635, to read as follows:

Article 13: the Mid-Year Coordination Meeting between the Union, the Regional Economic Communities (RECs) and the Regional Mechanisms (RMs).

The Bureau of the AU Assembly shall hold a Mid-Year Coordination meeting with the Chairpersons of the RECs, the RMs and the AU Commission"

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