DECISION ON THE FLAG OF THE AFRICAN UNION
The Assembly,
TAKES NOTE of the report of the Committee of Seven Heads of State and Government on the Union Government relating to the Flag of the African Union;
RECALLS its Decision Assembly/AU/Dec. 129 (VII) taken at its 7th Ordinary Session in Banjul;
DECIDES to launch a competition for the selection of a new flag for the African Union;
REQUESTS the Commission to take all the necessary measures to organize the competition with the following agreed orientations:
the background of the Flag should be of green colour to symbolize Africa’s hope;
Member States should be represented by stars on the flag;
DECIDES that the design proposed by the Leader of the Great Libyan Arab Jamahiriya should be taken as one of the entries for the competition;
REQUESTS the Commission to submit the outcome of the selection to the 9th Ordinary Session of the Assembly in July 2007.