Assembly/AU/ Dec.341(XVI) DECISION ON THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE AFRICAN UNION COMMISSION INTO THE AFRICAN UNION AUTHORITY Doc. Assembly/AU/10(XVI) The Assembly, 1. TAKES NOTE of the Progress Report of the Commission on the Implementation of Assembly Decision Assembly/AU/Dec.298 (XV) on the Transformation of the African Union Commission into the African Union Authority adopted by the Fifteenth Ordinary Session of the Assembly held in Kampala, Uganda, on 27 July 2010; 2. REITERATES its commitment to the transformation of the African Union (AU) Commission into the AU Authority in order to strengthen the institutional framework of the AU and to accelerate the economic and political integration of the continent; 3. WELCOMES the measures taken by the Commission and Member States for the implementation of Decision Assembly/AU/Dec.298 (XV) which has led to consideration by government experts the amendments to the various legal instruments on the transformation of the AU Commission into the AU Authority; 4. REQUESTS the Commission to convene a fourth meeting of government experts to consider the remaining two documents followed by a meeting of Ministers of Justice/Attorneys General or any other Ministers in charge of the matter of Member States during the first half of 2011 to consider and finalize the legal instruments on the transformation of the AU Commission into the AU Authority for submission to the next ordinary session of the Assembly, through the Executive Council, for consideration; 5. REQUESTS the Commission to follow-up on the implementation of this Decision and to report to the next ordinary session of the Assembly in June/July 2011.