Debt cancellation for Somalia Item proposed by the Federal Republic of Somalia

Executive Council Thirty-Fourth Ordinary Session 7 – 8 February 2019 Addis Ababa, EthiopiaAs a result of protracted armed conflict, Somalia remains as one of Sub-Saharan Africa’s most underdeveloped county. Following the collapse of the central government in 1991, the country has been plagued with violent conflict and insurgency, extreme and widespread poverty, acute food shortage, and political instability, economic underdevelopment, and recurring natural disasters such as droughts and floods. Somalis to date lack: essential healthcare, education, food security, safe drinking water, hygiene and adequate sanitation, and have very limited employment and livelihood opportunities. The Federal Government of Somalia (FGS) and sub national tiers of government have meagre resources to meet the country’s pressing needs

Progress report of the Commission on the implementation of the Decisions of the Assembly of the African Union on the International Criminal Court

Executive Council Thirty-Fourth Ordinary Session 7 – 8 February 2019 Addis Ababa, EthiopiaThe Thirtieth Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia in January 2018, considered the Progress Report of the Commission on the Implementation of the Decisions of the Assembly on the International Criminal Court (“ICC”) and the recommendations of the Open-ended Committee of Ministers of Foreign Affairs on the ICC (“The Open-ended Ministerial Committee”

Report of the 7th Meeting of African Ministers of Trade 12-13 December 2018, Cairo, Egypt

Executive council Thirty-Fourth Ordinary Session 07 - 08 February 2019 Addis Ababa, EthiopiaThe Seventh Meeting of the African Union Ministers of Trade (AMOT) was held from 12 to 13 December 2018, at the Al Manara International Convention Centre, Cairo, Egypt. The purpose of the Meeting was to finalise the Modalities for Tariff Liberalisation and the draft Negotiating Guidelines for Schedules of Specific Commitments and Regulatory Frameworks for Trade in Services

10th activity report of the African Union Advisory Board on Corruption to the Executive Council (January 2019) Submitted in Accordance with Article 22 of the African Union Convention on Preventing and Combating Corruption

Executive Council Thirty-Fourth Ordinary Session 7 – 8 February 2019 Addis Ababa, EthiopiaThe African Union Advisory Board on Corruption (AUABC) was established in accordance with the provisions of article 22 (5) (a) of the African Union Convention on Preventing and Combating Corruption (AUCPCC). The Convention was adopted at the second ordinary session of the Assembly of Heads of States and Government of the African Union in Maputo, Mozambique, on 11th July 2003, and entered into force on 5th August 2006, thirty (30) days after the deposit of the fifteenth instrument of ratification. As at November 2018, the Convention had been signed by 49 states and ratified or acceded to by 40 States

Report of the commission on the high level panel’s report for assessing candidate countries to host the African space agency

Executive council Thirty-Fourth Ordinary Session 07 - 08 February 2019 Addis Ababa, EthiopiaThe Heads of State and Government in 2016 adopted African Space Policy and Strategy through Assembly/AU/Dec.589(XXVI) Decision and requested the Commission to carry out consultations with a view to evaluating the legal, structural and financial implications for the creation of a continental African Space Agency. This was followed by the adoption, in January 2018 through Assembly/AU/Dec.676(XXX), the Statute of African Space Agency

Report of the 1st extraordinary session of the STC on migration, refugees and IDPS, 29 October - 3 rd November 2018, Equatorial Guinea, Malabo

Executive council Thirty-Fourth Ordinary Session 07 - 08 February 2019 Addis Ababa, EthiopiaThe Ministerial Meeting of the Extraordinary Session of the Specialized Technical Committee (STC) on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons in Africa was held at the Sipopi International Conference Center in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, from 2 to 3 November 2018

Report of the 2nd ordinary session of the STC on Trade, Industry and Minerals, 08-12 January 2019, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Executive council Thirty-Fourth Ordinary Session 07 - 08 February 2019 Addis Ababa, EthiopiaReport of the Second Meeting of the African Union Specialized Technical Committee on Trade, Industry and Minerals at Ministerial level held from 11-12 January 2019 to consider the draft continental strategies and various technical reports and presentations in the areas critical to supporting the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). Among the agenda items during the meeting, were election of the bureau, entry force of the agreement establishing the African Continental Free Trade Area and its implementation

Draft treaty for the establishment of the African Medicines Agency

Executive Council Thirty-Fourth Ordinary Session 7 – 8 February 2019 Addis Ababa, EthiopiaThe quality-assured, safe and efficacious medical products are fundamental to the health and safety of the population of Africa

Report on the establishment of the Regional operational centre (for sharing information on human trafficking and migrant smuggling) in Khartoum

Executive council Thirty-Fourth Ordinary Session 07 - 08 February 2019 Addis Ababa, EthiopiaIn its Second Ministerial Conference held Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt in June 2016, the AU-HoAI underscored the need to articulate concrete, time-bound and measurable strategies and activities, and the need to ensure that this initiative adds value to combating human trafficking and smuggling in the region in line with the outcome documents of the First Ministerial Conference of October 2014 in Khartoum. In its declaration, the Second Ministerial Conference endorsed the establishment of the Regional Operational Centre in Khartoum for sharing information on transnational organized crime (ROCK), and also agreed to establish a Technical Working Group on Law Enforcement (TWG-LE) that would work with law enforcement agencies in the region to strengthen cooperation between and among Member States in combating human trafficking and migrant smuggling, and in line with the AU-Ho AI Strategy and Plan of Actio

Draft statutes of the African Union International Centre for girls’ and women’s education in Africa (AU/CIEFFA)

Executive Council Thirty-Fourth Ordinary Session 7 – 8 February 2019 Addis Ababa, EthiopiaCIEFFA aims to provide necessary policies, lines of actions, strategies and guidance to all relevant stakeholders to address gender equality, equity, leadership and advocacy in a learning environment in order to create gender sensitive schools, to increase girls’ access and retention in education systems in the African Continent towards sustaining Africa’s development