The President of the People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria
2. The President of the Republic of Angola
3. The President of the Republic of Benin
4. The President of the Republic of Botswana
5. The President of Burkina Faso
6. The President of the Republic of Burundi
7. The President of the Republic of Cameroon
8. The President of the Republic of Cape Verde
9. The President of the Central African Republic
10. The President of the Republic of Chad
11. The President of the Islamic Federal Republic of the Comoros
12. The President of the Republic of the Congo
13. The President of the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire
14. The President of the Democratic Republic of Congo
15. The President of the Republic of Djibouti
16. The President of the Arab Republic of Egypt
17. The President of the State of Eritrea
18. The Prime Minister of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
19. The President of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea
20. The President of the Gabonese Republic
21. The President of the Republic of The Gambia
22. The President of the Republic of Ghana
23. The President of the Republic of Guinea
24. The President of the Republic of Guinea Bissau
25. The President of the Republic of Kenya
26. The Prime Minister of Lesotho
27. The President of the Republic of Liberia
28. The Leader of the 1st of September Revolution of the Great Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
29. The President of the Republic of Madagascar Constitutif Act of African Union 2
30. The President of the Republic of Malawi
31. The President of the Republic of Mali
32. The President of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania
33. The Prime Minister of the Republic of Mauritius
34. The President of the Republic of Mozambique
35. The President of the Republic of Namibia
36. The President of the Republic of Niger
37. The President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria
38. The President of the Republic of Rwanda
39. The President of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
40. The President of the Republic of Sao Tome and Principe
41. The President of the Republic of Senegal
42. The President of the Republic of Seychelles
43. The President of the Republic of Sierra Leone
44. The President of the Republic of Somalia
45. The President of the Republic of South Africa
46. The President of the Republic of Sudan
47. The King of Swaziland
48. The President of the United Republic of Tanzania
49. The President of the Togolese Republic
50. The President of the Republic of Tunisia
51. The President of the Republic of Uganda
52. The President of the Republic of Zambia
53. The President of the Republic of Zimbabwe
d) promote and defend African common positions on issues of interest to the continent and its peoples;
e) encourage international cooperation, taking due account of the Charter of the United Nations and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights;
h) Promote and protect human and people’s rights in accordance with the African Charter on Human and People’s Rights and other relevant human rights instruments;
i) establish the necessary conditions which enable the continent to play its rightful role in the global economy and in international negotiations;
j) promote sustainable development at the economic, social and cultural levels as well as the integration of African economies;
k) promote co-operation in all fields of human activity to raise the living standards of African peoples;
l) coordinate and harmonize the policies between the existing and future Regional Economic Communities for the gradual attainment of the objectives of the Union;
m) advance the development of the continent by promoting research in all fields, in particular in science and technology;
participation of the African peoples in the activities of the Union;
establishment of a common defense policy for the African Continent;
peaceful resolution of conflicts among Member States of the Union through such appropriate means as may be decided upon by the Assembly;
prohibition of the use of force or threat to use force among Member States of the Union;
non-interference by any Member State in the internal affairs of another;
the right of the Union to intervene in a Member State pursuant to a decision of the Assembly in respect of grave circumstances, namely: war crimes, genocide and crimes against humanity;
peaceful co-existence of Member States and their right to live in peace and security;
the right of Member States to request intervention from the Union in order to restore peace and security;
promotion of self-reliance within the framework of the Union;
promotion of gender equality
respect for democratic principles, human rights, the rule of law and good governance;
promotion of social justice to ensure balanced economic development;
respect for the sanctity of human life, condemnation and rejection of impunity and political assassination, acts of terrorism and subversive activities;
condemnation and rejection of unconstitutional changes of governments
1. The Assembly shall take its decisions by consensus or, failing which, by a two- thirds majority of the Member States of the Union. However, procedural matters, including the question of whether a matter is one of procedure or not, shall be decided by a simple majority.
2. Two-thirds of the total membership of the Union shall forma quorum at any meeting of the Assembly.
1. The functions of the Assembly shall be to: determine the common policies of the Union; receive, consider and take decisions on reports and recommendations from the other organs of the Union; consider requests for Membership of the Union; establish any organ of the Union; monitor the implementation of policies and decisions of the Union as well as ensure compliance by all Member States; adopt the budget of the Union; give directives to the Executive Council on the management of conflicts, war and other emergency situations and the restoration of peace; appoint and terminate the appointment of the judges of the Court of Justice; appoint the Chairman of the Commission and his or her deputy or deputies and Commissioners of the Commission and determine their functions and terms of office.
2. The Assembly may delegate any of its powers and functions to any organ of the Union.
2. The Executive Council shall meet at least twice a year in ordinary session. It shall also meet in an extraordinary session at the request of any Member State and upon approval by two-thirds of all Member States
1. The Executive Council shall take its decisions by consensus or, failing which, by a two-thirds majority of the Member States. However, procedural matters, including the question of whether a matter is one of procedure or not, shall be decided by a simple majority. 2. Two-thirds of the total membership of the Union shall form a quorum at any meeting of the Executive Council.
1. The Executive Council shall coordinate and take decisions on policies in areas of common interest to the Member States, including the following: foreign trade; energy, industry and mineral resources; food, agricultural and animal resources, livestock production and forestry; water resources and irrigation; environmental protection, humanitarian action and disaster response and relief; transport and communications; insurance; education, culture, health and human resources development; science and technology nationality, residency and immigration matters; social security, including the formulation of mother and child care policies, as well as policies relating to the disabled and the handicapped; establishment of a system of African awards, medals and prizes.
2. The Executive Council shall be responsible to the Assembly. It shall consider issues referred to it and monitor the implementation of policies formulated by the Assembly.
3. The Executive Council may delegate any of its powers and functions mentioned in paragraph 1 of this Article to the Specialized Technical Committees established under Article 14 of this Act.
1. There is hereby established the following Specialized Technical Committees, which shall be responsible to the Executive Council: The Committee on Rural Economy and Agricultural Matters; The Committee on Monetary and Financial Affairs; The Committee on Trade, Customs and Immigration Matters; The Committee on Industry, Science and Technology, Energy, Natural Resources and Environment; The Committee on Transport, Communications and Tourism; The Committee on Education, Culture and Human Resources.
2. The Assembly shall, whenever it deems appropriate, restructure the existing Committees or establish other Committees.
3. The Specialized Technical Committees shall be composed of Ministers or senior officials responsible for sectors falling within their respective areas of competence.
Each Committee shall within its field of competence: prepare projects and programmes of the Union and submit it to the Executive Council; ensure the supervision, follow-up and the evaluation of the implementation of decisions taken by the organs of the Union; ensure the coordination and harmonization of projects and programmes of the Union; submit to the Executive Council either on its own initiative or at the request of the Executive Council, reports and recommendations on the implementation of the provisions of this Act; and carry out any other functions assigned to it for the purpose of ensuring the implementation of the provisions of this Act.