DECISION ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AN AFRICAN UNION
CENTRE FOR POST-CONFLICT RECONSTRUCTION
AND DEVELOPMENT (AUCPCRD)
Doc. EX.CL/850(XXV)
The Executive Council,
1. WELCOMES the progress report of the Commission on the establishment of the AU Centre for Post-Conflict Reconstruction and Development (AU-PCRD Centre);
2. REITERATES the need to intensify efforts towards post-conflict reconstruction within the framework of the 2006 Policy on Post-Conflict Reconstruction and Development (PCRD), including the African Solidary Initiative (ASI), which was formally launched in July 2012;
3. NOTES WITH SATISFACTION the interest that the establishment of the AU- PCRD Centre has generated among Member States;
4. EXPRESSES ONCE AGAIN APPRECIATION to the Governments of Egypt and Uganda for the facilities they have offered, and REQUESTS the Commission to continue consulting with the two countries with a view to reaching an amicable solution on the location of the Centre;
5. FURTHER REQUESTS the Commission to submit a comprehensive report on the issue at the January 2015 Summit, for consideration by the AU Policy Organs, bearing in mind the existing criteria for equitable distribution of institutions and structures of the AU within the different regions of the continent.