Decision on the Dates and Venues of the Second Mid-Year Coordination Meeting of the African Union and The Regional Economic Communities (RECS), The 37th Ordinary Session Of The Executive Council and The 40th Ordinary Session of the Permanent Representatives’ Committee (PRC)

DECISION ON THE DATES AND VENUES OF THE SECOND MID-YEAR
COORDINATION MEETING OF THE AFRICAN UNION AND THE REGIONAL
ECONOMIC COMMUNITIES (RECS), THE 37TH ORDINARY SESSION OF
THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL AND THE 40TH ORDINARY SESSION OF
THE PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVES’ COMMITTEE (PRC)

The Assembly,

1. RECALLS Decisions Assembly/AU/Dec.635(XXVIII) and Assembly/AU/Dec.687(XXX) adopted in January 2017 and January 2018 respectively, regarding the Mid-Year Coordination Meeting;

2. ALSO RECALLS Decision Assembly/AU/Dec.558 (XXIV) adopted at the Twenty Fourth Ordinary Session of the Assembly held in January 2015, endorsing the offer of the Kingdom of Eswatini to host the 2020 June/July Ordinary Summit of the Union.

3. TAKES NOTE of Eswatini’s withdrawal of the aforementioned offer, pursuant to the Assembly decision suspending the convening of the June/July Ordinary Session of the Assembly;

4. WELCOMES with appreciation, the offer by the Republic of Chad to host the second Mid-Year Coordination meeting of the African Union and the Regional Economic Communities (RECs) as well as the 37th Ordinary Session of the Executive Council;

5. DECIDES that the dates and venues of the Sessions shall be as follows:

1. The 40th Ordinary Session of the PRC from 15 to 16 June 2020 at AU Headquarters;

2. The 37th Ordinary Session of the Executive Council from 02 to 03 July 2020, in N’Djamena, Chad;

3. The Second Mid-Year Coordination Meeting of the African Union and the RECs on 04 July 2020, in N’Djamena, Chad;

6. REQUESTS the Commission in close collaboration with the Republic of Chad, to make all the necessary arrangements for successful holding of the meetings.