Assembly/AU/Dec.261(XIII) Page 2 DECISION ON THE PREPARATION OF THE G8 SUMMIT Doc.EX.CL/508(XV) The Assembly, 1. TAKES NOTE of the Report of the Chairperson of the Heads of State and Government Implementation Committee of the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) (HSGIC) on the preparation of the G8 Summit scheduled for l’Aquila, Italy in July 2009; 2. REQUESTS the Chairperson of HSGIC to ensure: i. leadership in the G8 process, on behalf of NEPAD; and ii. monitoring of the implementation of the commitments of previous G8 Summits and keep Member States regularly informed; 3. ALSO REQUESTS the Commission to elaborate, as soon as possible, for the attention of Member States, an exhaustive report on the implementation of the G8 commitments; 4. FURTHER REQUESTS the Commission to submit a report on the implementation of this Decision to the next Ordinary Session of the Assembly scheduled for January/February 2010, through the Executive Council. Adopted by the Thirteenth Ordinary Session of the Assembly in Sirte, Great Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya on 3 July 2009