Decision on the Special Summit of the AU on Fertilizers Doc. assembly/AU/6 (VII)

Jurisdiction
African Regional Bodies · African Union (AU)
Citation
Assembly/AU//Dec.117 (VII)
Regional Body / Author
Assembly of the African Union
Date
2 July 2006
Language
English
Type
Statement
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DECISION ON THE SPECIAL SUMMIT OF THE AU ON FERTILIZERS
DOC. ASSEMBLY/AU/6 (VII)

The Assembly:

  1. TAKES NOTE of the Report;

  2. WELCOMES the Abuja Declaration on Fertilizer for an African Green Revolution;

  3. ENDORSES the Abuja Declaration;

  4. CONGRATULATES President Olusegun Obasanjo and the Government of Nigeria for initiating and hosting the Special Summit and demonstrating a strong commitment by pledging United States Dollars Ten Million (10,000 000) US dollars to the establishment of an Africa Fertilizer Development Financial Mechanism that will be hosted at the African Development Bank (ADB);

  5. URGES Member States to support the establishment of the Africa Fertilizer Development Financial Mechanism and ENCOURAGES them to pledge and contribute resources for its immediate operation;

  6. REQUESTS the Commission and the New Partnership of Africa’s Development (NEPAD) Secretariat in collaboration with the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and ADB to establish follow up mechanisms for the implementation of the Abuja Declaration;

  7. ALSO REQUESTS the Commission to report on progress made to the Executive Council biannually;

  8. CALLS UPON Member States to ratify the Convention establishing the African Centre for Fertilizer Development (ACFD), and REQUESTS the Commission to strengthen the capacity of the Centre to discharge its mandate on fertilizer development.

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