Assembly/AU/Dec.368(XVII) Page 1 DECISION ON THE THEME, DATE AND VENUE OF THE EIGHTEENTH ORDINARY SESSION OF THE ASSEMBLY OF THE AFRICAN UNION The Assembly, 1. RECALLS Decision Assembly/AU/Dec.347(XVI) adopted by the Sixteenth Ordinary Session of the Assembly in January 2011 on the theme of the January/February 2012 Summit which is: “Boosting Intra-African Trade”; 2. ENDORSES the recommendation of the Executive Council regarding the necessity to have henceforth one (1) theme per year and CONFIRMS that the above-mentioned theme will be for the whole year of 2012 including for the celebrations of Africa Day on 25 May 2012; 3. DECIDES that the dates of the Eighteenth Ordinary Session of the Assembly to be held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, shall be the following: i) Twenty-third Ordinary Session of the Permanent Representatives Committee: 23 and 24 January 2012; ii) Twentieth Ordinary Session of the Executive Council: 26 and 27 January 2012; iii) Eighteenth Ordinary Session of the Assembly: 29 and 30 January 2012.