DECISION ON THE PROGRESS REPORT OF THE COMMISSION
ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE AFRICAN CENTRE FOR
DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION
Doc. EX.CL/912(XXVII)
The Executive Council,
1. TAKES NOTE of the Progress Report of the Commission on the Establishment of the African Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (African CDC);
2. RECALLS
i) Decision Assembly/AU/Dec.499(XII) adopted by the Twenty Second Ordinary Session of the Assembly held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia in January
2014 that stressed the need to urgently establish the African CDC;
ii) Decision Assembly/AU/Dec.554 (XXIV) adopted by the Twenty Fourth Ordinary Session of the Assembly held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia in January
2015 wherein the Assembly endorsed the establishment of the African CDC and requested the Commission, in close collaboration with the Multinational Taskforce, to consider the practical modalities for the operationalization of the Centre and report thereon to the Assembly in June 2015;
3. URGES the Ministers of Health to expedite consideration of all the relevant legal instruments relating to the establishment of the African CDC;
4. REITERATES
i) the request to the Specialized Technical Committee (STC) on Justice and Legal Affairs to consider the Statute of the African CDC and submit it to the 26th Ordinary Session of the Assembly schedule for January 2016;
ii) the request to the Commission to undertake the mobilization of funds from Member States, and development partners and the private sector who have already indicated an interest and with experience in the domain.