1. Healthcare

AFRICAN UNION
UNION AFRICAINE
UNIÃO AFRICANA
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
P. O. Box 3243
Telephone: 5517 700
Website: www.au.int
Fax: 5517844
ASSEMBLY OF THE UNION
Twenty-Fourth Ordinary Session
30 - 31 January 2015
Addis Ababa, ETHIOPIA
Assembly/AU/1(XXIV)
DRAFT AGENDA
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DRAFT AGENDA
I.
OFFICIAL OPENING
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
f)
II.
III.
IV.
Group Photo
AU Anthem (performed by the AU Commission Choir)
Inauguration of the Nelson Mandela Hall
Statements
Election of the Bureau and Members of the Drafting Committee
Signing of AU Treaties1
LAUNCH OF “2015 Year of Women Empowerment and Development
towards Africa’s Agenda 2063” – Doc. Assembly/AU/2(XXIV)
a)
b)
Adoption of the Agenda
Organization of Work
REPORTS
1.
Consideration of the Report of the Commission on the
Ebola Crisis
Assembly/AU/3(XXIV)
2.
Consideration of the Report of the Commission on the
Establishment of the African Centre for Disease
Control and Prevention
Assembly/AU/4(XXIV)
3.
Consideration of the Report of the Commission on the
African Union Agenda 2063
Assembly/AU/5(XXIV)
4.
Consideration of the Report of the Conference of
Ministers of Finance and Economy on the Alternative
Sources of Financing the African Union
Assembly/AU/6(XXIV)
5.
Consideration of the Report of the Peace and Security
Council on its activities and the State of Peace and
Security in Africa
Assembly/AU/7(XXIV)
6.
Consideration of the Outcomes of the 2nd AfricaTurkey Summit, Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, 19-21
November 2014
Assembly/AU/8(XXIV)
7.
Consideration of the Report of the Commission on the
Situation in Middle East and Palestine
Assembly/AU/9(XXIV)
8.
Consideration of the Reports of the Committees of the
Assembly of the Union by:
1
Arrangements will be made by the Commission throughout the Session for the signing of the AU Treaties by
Heads of State and Government
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9.
a)
H.E. Mr. Macky Sall, President of the Republic
of Senegal and Chairperson of NEPAD Heads
of State and Government Orientation
Committee (HSGOC)
Assembly/AU/10(XXIV)
b)
H.E. Mr. John Dramane Mahama, President
of the Republic of Ghana and Chairperson of
the High Level African Trade Committee
(HATC)
Assembly/AU/11(XXIV)
c)
H.E. Mr. Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete, President of
the United Republic of Tanzania and
Coordinator of the Committee of African
Heads of State and Government on Climate
Change (CAHOSCC)
Assembly/AU/12(XXIV)

Outcome of Climate Change Negotiations
at the 20th Conference of the Parties
(COP 20) of the UN Framework
Convention
on
Climate
Change
(UNFCCC), Lima, Peru, 27 November –
12 December 2014

Handover
Ceremony
of
the
chairpersonship of the CAHOSSC from
H.E. Mr. Jakaya Kikwete Mrisho, President
of the United Republic of Tanzania to H.E.
Mr. Abdel Fattah El Sissi, President of the
Arab Republic of Egypt
d)
H.E. Mrs. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, President of
the Republic of Liberia and Chairperson of the
High Level Committee on the Post-2015
Development Agenda
Assembly/AU/13(XXIV)
e)
H.E. Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma, President of the
Republic of Sierra Leone and Chairperson of
the Committee of Ten on the UN Reforms
Assembly/AU/14(XXIV)
f)
H.E. Mrs. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, President of
the Republic of Liberia and Chairperson of the
African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM)
Assembly/AU/15(XXIV)
Consideration of the Report of H.E. Paul Kagame,
President of the Republic of Rwanda on the Kigali
Plan of Action for implementing the Assembly
Decision
Assembly/AU/Dec.516(XXII)
on
the
Implementation of Sharm El Sheikh Commitments on
Accelerating Water and Sanitation Goals in Africa
Assembly/AU/16(XXIV)
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10. Consideration of the Final Report of the High Level
Panel on Illicit Financial Flows (IFF)
Assembly/AU/17(XXIV)
11. Consideration of the Report of the Commission on
Implementation of the Previous Decisions on the
International Criminal Court (ICC)
Assembly/AU/18(XXIV)
12. Consideration of the Report on the Follow up on the
Ouagadougou 2004 Summit: Employment, Poverty
Eradication and Inclusive Development in Africa
Assembly/AU/20(XXIV)
V.
APPOINTMENT OF ELEVEN (11) MEMBERS OF THE ADVISORY BOARD
ON CORRUPTION
VI.
APPOINTMENT OF SEVEN (7) MEMBERS OF THE AFRICAN UNION
COMMISSION ON INTERNATIONAL LAW (AUCIL)
VII. APPOINTMENT OF THE PRESIDENT AND THE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE
COUNCIL OF THE PAN-AFRICAN UNIVERSITY (PAU)
VIII. APPOINTMENT OF THE HOST COUNTRY FOR THE RECTORATE OF THE
PAN-AFRICAN UNIVERSITY (PAU)
IX.
ITEMS PROPOSED BY MEMBER STATES
1.
Offer of the Republic of Niger to host the 33rd Ordinary
Session of the Assembly of the African Union in June/July
2019 (Item proposed by the Republic of Niger)
Assembly/AU/19(XXIV)
Add.1
2.
Offer of the Kingdom of Swaziland to host the 35th
Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union in
June/July 2020 (Item proposed by the Kingdom of
Swaziland)
Assembly/AU/19(XXIV)
Add.2
3.
Offer of the Republic of Zambia to host the 39th Ordinary
Session of the Assembly of the African Union in June/July
2022 (Item proposed by the Republic of Zambia)
Assembly/AU/19(XXIV)
Add.3
4.
Establishment of the African Centre for Information
Technologies (ACIT) with Headquarters in Ndjamena,
Chad (Item proposed by the Republic of Chad)
Assembly/AU/19(XXIV)
Add.4
5.
Proposal by the Arab Republic of Egypt to establish a
Mediation Support and Conflict Prevention Unit at the
African Union Commission, within Egypt’s initiative to
support the mediation and conflict prevention capacities of
the African Union (Item proposed by the Arab Republic
of Egypt)
Assembly/AU/19(XXIV)
Add.5
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6.
Status of preparations for the 11th African Games due to
take place in Brazzaville, Republic of Congo in September
2015 (Item proposed by the Republic of Congo)
Assembly/AU/19(XXIV)
Add.6
7.
Continent-Wide Solidarity against Boko Haram (Item
proposed by the Republic of Niger)
Assembly/AU/19(XXIV)
Add.7
8.
Transformation of the School of African Heritage to a
School with Pan-African Vocation (Item proposed by the
Republic of Benin)
Assembly/AU/19(XXIV)
Add.8
9.
Forum for a Culture of Peace in Africa (Item proposed by
the Republic of Angola)
Assembly/AU/19(XXIV)
Add.9
10. African Education Initiative
for Peace through
Interreligious and Inter-Cultural Dialogue (Item proposed
by the Republic of Benin)
Assembly/AU/19(XXIV)
Add.10
X.
ADOPTION OF DECISIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE 26TH
ORDINARY SESSION OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL
XI.
ADOPTION OF DECISIONS AND DECLARATIONS OF
ORDINARY SESSION OF THE ASSEMBLY OF THE UNION
THE
24TH
XII. DATE AND VENUE OF THE 25TH ORDINARY SESSION OF THE
ASSEMBLY OF THE UNION
XIII. ANY OTHER BUSINESS
XIV. CLOSING CEREMONY
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