Assembly/AU/Dec.290(XV) DECISION ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE PAN AFRICAN UNIVERSITY Doc. EX.CL/579(XVII) The Assembly, 1. TAKES NOTE of the progress achieved towards the establishment of the Pan African University and the recommendation of the Executive Council thereto; 2. DECIDES to create the Pan African University, in accordance with the model proposed by the Commission; 3. ALSO DECIDES the allocation of the thematic areas to the following regions and countries: i) West Africa: Nigeria for Life and Earth Sciences; ii) Eastern Africa: Kenya for Basic Sciences, Technology and Innovation; iii) Central Africa: Cameroon for Governance, Humanities and Social Sciences. 4. URGES the Southern and Northern regions of Africa to finalise consultations and nominate the country with the capacity to host the thematic areas of Space Sciences and Water and Energy Sciences including climate change Institutes respectively by the next Ordinary Session scheduled for January 2011 for consideration and adoption by the Assembly through the Executive Council; 5. REQUESTS the Commission to draft the Statutes of the Pan African University and to submit it, in conformity with the established rules and procedures, to the Assembly, through the Executive Council at its next Ordinary Session in January 2011 for consideration. Adopted by the Fifteenth Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the Union on 27 July 2010 in Kampala, Uganda