DECISION ON THE FINAL REPORT OF THE COMMISSION
ON THE SOCIAL DIMENSION OF GLOBALISATION
Doc. Assembly/AU/11 (V) Add.6
The Assembly:
1. TAKES NOTE of the Report, entitled “A Fair Globalisation: Creating Opportunities For All” by the World Commission on the Social Dimension of Globalisation established by the International Labour Organization, Co-Chaired by President Benjamin William Mkapa of the United Republic of Tanzania and President Tarja Halonen of Finland;
2. ACKNOWLEDGES that Africa, through NEPAD, recognizes that the continued marginalisation of Africa from the benefits of globalisation process and the social exclusion of the vast majority of its peoples constitute a serious threat to global stability;
3. ALSO ACKNOWLEDGES the imperative for concerted effort at the national, regional and global level to reform and to recreate a fair and inclusive process of globalisation;
4. WELCOMES the Report of the World Commission on the Social Dimension of Globalisation as an important contribution to the necessary adjustments required for the realization of the vision of the AU, including NEPAD, and the Millennium Development Goals and for strengthening policy coherence as well as the spirit of globalisation for people;
5. REQUESTS that the Report be given wide study and support in the regional and international organizations, including the United Nations, as a document articulating some of the concerns for the development of Africa and her people and INVITES African States to consider supporting some of its recommendations as common position in furtherance of the collective interests of Africa;
6. DECIDES that the Report constitute part of the Agenda for consideration by the Extraordinary African Union Summit on Employment and Poverty Alleviation to be held in Ouagadougou on 7 - 9 September 2004.