DECISION ON THE AFRICAN UNION PASSPORT AND LAISSEZ-PASSER
Doc. EX.CL/621 (XVIII)
The Executive Council,
1. TAKES NOTE of the Report of the Chairperson of the Commission on the implementation of the new African Union Diplomatic and Service Passports;
2. ALSO TAKES NOTE of the difficulty faced by the Commission in issuing the five- (5) year validity African Union Diplomatic and Service Passports to Staff on short duration contracts (short-term Staff, project Staff and consultants);
3. APPROVES the Commission’s recommendation to have a second type of machine-readable travel document - African Union Diplomatic and Service Laissez Passer with the same security standards and quality for issuance to Staff members on short term duration contracts;
4. REQUESTS the Commission to submit to Member States the criteria and guidelines relating to the eligibility for the AU Diplomatic and Service Passports as well as the Laissez-Passer;
5. ALSO REQUESTS the Commission to report on the implementation of this Decision to the next ordinary session of the Executive Council in June 2011.