Assembly/AU/Dec.451(XX) Page 1 DECISION ON THE PAN AFRICAN UNIVERSITY STATUTES Doc. Assembly/AU/11(XX) The Assembly, 1. RECALLS its Decision, Assembly/AU/Dec.290(XV) adopted in Kampala, Uganda, in July 2010 to create the Pan African University (PAU) in accordance with the model proposed by the Commission; 2. ALSO RECALLS the Decision, Assembly/AU/Dec.418(XIX) adopted in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia in July, 2012 on the operationalization of the PAU; 3. COMMENDS the Member States and their Institutes who have responded to the request of the Assembly to operationalize the PAU by hosting regional Centres according to its Decision Assembly/AU/Dec.391(XVIII) adopted in Addis Ababa in January 2011; 4. CONGRATULATES the PAU Host Countries that Memoranda of Understanding; 5. URGES the Southern African region to expedite the selection of the host country for the PAU thematic institute on Space Sciences; 6. FURTHER TAKES NOTE of the recommendations of the Executive Council regarding the adoption of the PAU Statutes; 7. ADOPTS the PAU Statutes. have signed the relevant