Assembly/AU/Dec.589(XXVI) Page 1 DECISION ON THE SPECIALISED TECHNICAL COMMITTEES The Assembly, 1. TAKES NOTE of the Reports of the Specialized Technical Committees (STCs) and the recommendations of the Executive Council thereto; A. 2. ADOPTS the following Legal Instruments: i) ii) iii) iv) v) vi) vii) viii) ix) x) xi) xii) xiii) xiv) xv) xvi) xvii) xviii) xix) xx) 3. On the First Extraordinary Session of the Specialized Technical Committee on Justice And Legal Affairs -Doc. EX.CL/935(XXVIII) Road Safety Charter; Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Rights of Older Persons; Model Law on Medicine Regulation; Statute of the Africa Sports Council; Statute of the African Minerals Development Centre; Statute on the Establishment of Legal Aid Fund for the African Union Human Rights Organs; Statute of the African Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (African CDC) and its Framework of Operation; Statute of the African Science Research and Innovation Council (ASRIC); Statute of the African Observatory in Science Technology and Innovation (AOSTI); Statute of the Pan African Intellectual Property Organization (PAIPO); Rules of Procedure of the Specialized Technical Committee on Health Population and Drug Control; Rules of Procedure of the Specialized Technical Committee on Public Service, Local Government, Urban Development and Decentralisation; Rules of Procedure of the Economic, Social and Cultural Council of the African Union (ECOSOCC); Rules of Procedure of the African Governance Platform; Rules of Procedure of the Specialized Technical Committee on Social Development, Labour and Employment; Rules of Procedure of the Specialized Technical Committee on Youth Culture and Sport; Rules of Procedure of the Specialized Technical Committee on Education Science and Technology; Rules of Procedure of the Specialized Technical Committee on Information and Communication Technologies (ICT); Rules of Procedure of the African Union Commission on the International Law; Amended Statute of the Pan African University. CALLS ON Member States to sign and ratify the said Legal Instruments, where applicable, to enable them to enter into force;