Assembly/AU/Dec.162 (VIII) DECISION ON THE REPORT OF THE MINISTERIAL FOLLOW-UP MEETING OF THE 23RD AFRICA-FRANCE SUMMIT (DOC. ASSEMBLY/AU/9 (VIII) ADD.1) The Assembly: 1. TAKES NOTE of the Report on the Ministerial Follow-Up Meeting of the 23rd Conference of Heads of State and Government of Africa and France held in Bamako, Republic of Mali, on 16 January 2007; 2. WELCOMES the pertinent recommendations of the Ministerial Follow-Up Meeting aimed at fulfilling the expectations of the African youth, rekindling their hopes and enabling them to actively contribute to Africa’s development; 3. TAKES NOTE of the 24th Conference of Heads of State and Government of Africa and France to be held under the theme: “Africa and the Global Balance”; 4. REQUESTS the Commission to submit a report on the implementation of the Decision EX.CL/Dec.273 (VIII) adopted by the 8th Ordinary Session of the Executive Council held in Khartoum, The Sudan, in January 2006.