DECISION ON THE STATUS OF SIGNATURE AND RATIFICATION
OF OAU/AU TREATIES - DOC. EX.CL/37KXII)
The Executive Council:
1. TAKES NOTE of the Report on the Status of Signature and Ratification of OAU/AU Treaties;
2. COMMENDS the Chairperson and the Commission as a whole for the ongoing efforts aimed at encouraging Member States to become States Parties to the OAU/AU Treaties;
3. REITERATES ITS APPEAL to Member States to prioritize and accelerate the signing and ratification/accession to OAU/AU Treaties;
4. FURTHER REITERATES ITS APPEAL to the Pan-African Parliament to assist with advocacy and sensitization of Member States to expedite the process of ratification/accession to OAU/AU Treaties;
5. REQUESTS the Commission to expedite resolving the inconsistencies in various linguistic texts, in particular in Arabic and Portuguese, and to set up a team of experts in this regard;
6. FURTHER REQUESTS the Commission to take the necessary steps to expedite the implementation of the previous decisions of the Executive Council on harmonization of ratification procedures and the review of OAU/AU treaties and to report thereon to the next ordinary session of the Executive Council scheduled for July 2008.