Assembly/AU/Dec.241(XII) Page 2 Secretariat in line with the 10th African Union Assembly decision of January 2008 and ENTRUSTS him with the mandate to lead the transformation of the NEPAD Secretariat into the NEPAD Authority; 10. WELCOMES the singing of the Host Agreement for the NEPAD Secretariat in October 2008 and COMMENDS the South African Government and African Union Commission for facilitating the conclusion of the Agreement, which grants legal status to the Secretariat as an international organization in South Africa WHILE URGING the promote and smooth implementation of the Agreement; 11. DECIDES that the NEPAD Secretariat will, henceforth, use the African Union emblem, concurrently with the NEPAD Emblem in all documentation, so as to retain the brand identity of NEPAD and the existing reporting structures of the Secretariat, pending the final determination on the NEPAD Authority; 12. APPEALS to all Member States to continue to donate generously towards the budget of the NEPAD Secretariat in the transition period to integration, to enable it continue to perform its programmatic operations, and STRONGLY URGES Member States who are yet to fulfill their pledged contributions made at the January 2008 10th AU Assembly, to do so; 13. EMPASIZES and DIRECTS the Consultancy-Study on the NEPAD Authority to recommend and identify effective, innovative and sustainable funding mechanisms and sources for the NEPAD Authority; 14. AGREES on the need for continued interaction and strengthened engagement with the G8/OECD Partner Countries, UNDERSCORING the essence of institutionalizing the Follow-Up Mechanism, which was agreed to at the 2008 Hokkaido Toyoda G8 Summit in Japan, as a means of stimulating better G8Africa Outreach engagement; and PROPOSES that Africa’s representation and agenda at upcoming G8-Africa Outreach should reflect a systemized and institutionalized arrangement; 15. NOTES the 2008 Report on the Mutual Review of development Effectiveness (MRDE), jointly produced by the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), as presented by the Executive Secretary of the UN-ECA, Mr. Abdoulie Janneh and REQUESTS Member States to study the Report and offer their views to the African Union Commission and NEPAD Secretariat, for discussion at the next NEPAD Summit; 16. EXPRESSES appreciation to the Acting Chief Executive Officer of the NEPAD Secretariat, Ambassador Olukorede Willoughby and Dr. Hesphina Rukato, Deputy Chief Executive Officer, comprising the interim management team, for their dedication and diligence in leading the Secretariat for the past one year.