Decision on the Use of Spanish as An AU Working Language

Jurisdiction
African Regional Bodies · African Union (AU)
Citation
Assembly/AU/Dec.794(XXXIII)
Regional Body / Author
Assembly of the African Union
Date
10 February 2020
Language
Type
Decision
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PROJECT

DECISION ON THE USE OF SPANISH AS AN AU WORKING LANGUAGE

The Assembly,

  1. RECALLS Decision CM/Dec.45(LXXIV), adopted at the 74th Ordinary Session of the Council of Ministers held in July 2001, in Lusaka, Zambia, requesting the OAU to introduce Spanish as a working language of the Organization;

  2. ALSO RECALLS Decision Assembly/AU/Dec.388(XVII), adopted at the 17th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the Union, held in June 2011, in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, requesting the Commission to take all necessary measures to operationalise the use of Spanish within the AU, as soon as possible;

  3. URGES Member States and the Commission to take all necessary measures to operationalise the use of Spanish as a working language of the African Union in July 2020 at the latest.

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