Assembly/AU/Dec.160 (VIII) DECISION ON THE AFRICA-CHINA FORUM ON COOPERATION (FOCAC) DOC. ASSEMBLY/AU/7 (VIII) The Assembly : 1. TAKES NOTE of the Report on the Africa-China Forum on Cooperation; 2. COMMENDS the People’s Republic of China for hosting the Forum; 3. WELCOMES the Beijing Declaration and the Beijing Plan of Action, 2007-2009 and URGES the faithful delivery on its commitments; 4. DECIDES that the Commission should play a coordinating role in the preparation, conduct and follow-up of all FOCAC Summits; 5. EXPRESSES appreciation to Ethiopia for its contributions as CoChair in the period leading up to the recent FOCAC Summit; 6. CONGRATULATES Egypt on the decision that it would host the 4th Ministerial Conference of the FOCAC process.