Assembly/AU/Dec.558(XXIV) Page 1 DECISION ON THE ITEMS PROPOSED BY MEMBER STATES The Assembly, 1. TAKES NOTE of the following items proposed by Member States; A. ON THE DATE AND VENUE OF THE THIRTY-THIRD, THIRTY-FIFTH AND THIRTY-NINTH ORDINARY SESSIONS OF THE AFRICAN UNION 2. TAKES NOTE of the offers of the Republic of Niger, the Kingdom of Swaziland and the Republic of Zambia to host the Thirty-Third, Thirty-Fifth and Thirty-Ninth Ordinary Sessions of the Assembly of the African Union in Niamey, Niger, Ezulwini, Swaziland and Lusaka, Zambia in June/July 2019, June/July 2020 and June/July 2022 respectively, and EXPRESSES ITS HIGH APPRECIATION to the above countries for their offers; 3. APPROVES the three offers and REQUESTS the Commission to conduct, for this purpose, the necessary consultations with the three Member States with a view to holding these sessions in the best possible conditions; B. ON THE CREATION OF AN AFRICAN CENTRE FOR INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES IN N’DJAMENA - Doc. Assembly/AU/19(XXIV)Add.4 4. TAKES NOTE of the proposal by the Republic of Chad to establish an African Centre for Information Technologies (ACIT) with Headquarters in N’djamena, Chad; 5. COMMENDS the Republic of Chad and its President for this crucial initiative and for the funds already mobilized towards the construction of ACIT with a view to promoting information technologies in Africa, which are critical in the continent’s development process; 6. UNDERSCORES the need to conduct an in-depth study on the ways and means to integrate this project into African Union programmes with a precise definition of the inputs expected from the African Union based on an evaluation of the legal, structural and financial implications, and thus submit appropriate recommendations to the competent organs of the African Union; 7. REQUESTS the Commission and the Republic of Chad to carry out appropriate consultations with a view to evaluating legal, structural and financial implications, and report to the Assembly through the relevant structures.