Decision on the Eminent Person’s Panel for the Selection of the Senior Leadership - Doc. Ext/Assembly/AU/Dec.1-4 (XI)

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Assembly/AU/Dec.761(XXXIII)
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Assembly of the African Union
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10 February 2020
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Assembly/AU/Dec.761 (XXXIII)

Page 1 DECISION ON THE EMINENT PERSON’S PANEL FOR THE SELECTION OF THE SENIOR LEADERSHIP

Doc. Ext/Assembly/AU/Dec.1-4 (XI)

The Assembly:

  1. RECALLS the November 2018 AU Extraordinary Assembly of Heads of State and Government Decision on the Institutional Reform of the African Union (AU) Ext/Assembly/AU/Dec.1-4 (XI):

  1. Establishing a Panel of Eminent Africans, composed of five (5) eminent personalities, one per region, to oversee the pre-selection of candidatures of the Senior Leadership of the Commission;

  2. Requesting Member States to propose their regional nominations for the Panel of Eminent Africans to the Commission by January 2019. The Commission shall present such nominations to the 32nd Ordinary Session of the Assembly from 10 to 11 February 2019 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; and

  3. Deciding that the Panel of Eminent Africans shall be technically assisted by an independent African consultancy firm, to be selected by the Panel.

  1. TAKES NOTE of the nomination of Eminent Persons from the following regions:

  1. Central Africa: H.E Yang Philemon (Cameroon)

  2. East Africa: Amb. Konjit Sinegiorgis (Ethiopia)

  3. Southern Africa: Amb. Tuliameni Kalomoh (Namibia)

  4. West Africa: Hon. Hassan Bubacar Jallow (The Gambia)

  1. WELCOMES the first meeting of the Eminent Person’s Panel and requests them to expedite the preparation of the Senior Leadership job profiles, competency requirements and assessment process; and

  2. URGES the Northern Region to conclude their consultations and nominate an Eminent Person to the Panel.

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