DECISION ON THE REPORT OF THE COMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF
IMPLEMENTATION OF PREVIOUS DECISIONS OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL
AND THE ASSEMBLY - Doc. EX.CL/1284(XXXIX)
The Executive Council,
1. TAKES NOTE of the Report on Implementation of the Previous Decisions of the Executive Council and the Assembly of the African Union and the recommendations contained therein;
2. RECALLS Assembly Decision Assembly/AU/Dec.582(XXV) on the streamlining of AU Summits and the Working Methods of the African Union with specific emphasis on the rationalization of the draft agenda of the annual summit, the reduction in the number of decisions, the determination of the legal, financial and structural implications of these decisions and REITERATES the need for the Commission to scrupulously implement all elements as highlighted;
3. ALSO RECALLS Executive Council Decision EX.CL/Dec.898(XXVIII)Rev.1 and STRESSES the need for the Commission to scrupulously observe all the guidelines on the preparation and adoption of AU Decisions therein;
4. NOTES that few Member States report annually on implementation of previous decisions of the Policy Organs;
5. CONGRATULATES the five (5) Member States which submitted their implementation reports namely: Egypt, Gabon, Mali, Morocco, Namibia and ENCOURAGES all Member States that have not yet reported to do so, in order to enable the Commission to submit a report at the January 2022 Summit;
6. REQUESTS the Commission in close collaboration with the PRC, to establish a Joint Task Force comprising of Members States at Expert level and the Commission, to take stock of all decisions taken in the last decade, devise innovative ways of improving on the follow-up of implementation of Policy Organs’ decisions and report back to the PRC;
7. ALSO REQUESTS the Commission to organise a joint Retreat between the PRC and the Commission dedicated to the comprehensive assessment of the implementation of AU Policy Organs decisions and report to the 41st Ordinary Session of the Executive Council scheduled for February 2022.