Assembly of Heads of State and Government Thirty-sixth Ordinary Session/Fourth Ordinary Session of the AEC

10 – 12 July, 2000
Lome, Togo

AHG/Dec.144 (XXXVI)

Decision on the establishment of the African Union and the Pan-African Parliament

The Assembly:

1. TAKES NOTE of the Report and Recommendation of the 72nd Ordinary Session of the Council of Ministers;

2. COMMENDS the excellent work accomplished, within a short time, by the Council of Ministers assisted by Experts and Parliamentarians;

3. APPROVES and ADOPTS the Draft Constitutive Act on the establishment of the African Union;

4. URGES all Member States to take the necessary measures to sign and ratify it as soon as possible in order to ensure its speedy implementation;

5. REQUESTS the Secretary-General to convene a meeting of Parliamentarians to examine the Draft Protocol to the Treaty establishing the African Economic Community relating to the Pan-African Parliament and submit it for approval by the next sessions of the Council of Ministers and subsequent adoption by the Assembly of Heads of State and Government.