DECISION ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE CONTINENTAL
OPERATIONAL CENTRE ON HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND
SMUGGLING OF MIGRANTS IN KHARTOUM
Doc. EX.CL/1122(XXXIV)
The Executive Council,
1. TAKES NOTE of the Report of the Commission on the establishment of the Continental Operational Centre on Human Trafficking and Smuggling of Migrants in Khartoum;
2. RECOMMENDS to the Assembly to endorse the establishment of the Continental Operational Centre in Khartoum for Combatting Irregular Migration as a specialized technical office of the AU for combatting irregular migration, specifically human trafficking and migrant smuggling on the Continent;
3. REQUESTS the Commission to:
i) prepare the governing legal instrument of the Centre through the established procedure;
ii) submit the structural, financial and legal implications to the relevant subcommittees for assessment prior to submission of same to the Executive Council for consideration and decision; and
iii) expedite the conclusion of the Host Agreement of the Centre with the Republic of Sudan.