Assembly/AU/ /Dec.521(XXIII) Page 1 DECISION ON AFRICAN OBSERVATORY FOR SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION (AOSTI) Doc. EX.CL/839(XXV) The Assembly, 1. TAKES NOTE of the Report and the recommendations of the Extra Ordinary Session of the African Ministerial Conference on Science and Technology (AMCOST V) held from 16 to 18 April 2014 in Brazzaville, Republic of Congo; 2. RECALLS: i) the Assembly Decision Assembly/AU/Dec.452(XX) on the Creation of The African Observatory on Science, Technology and Innovation in the Republic of Equatorial Guinea; ii) the Assembly Decision Assembly/AU/Dec.235(XII) on the Proposal by the Government of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea to host the African Observatory of Science, Technology and Innovation. 3. TAKES NOTE of the Draft Statute of the African Observatory on Science Technology and Innovation (AOSTI) and REQUESTS the Commission to submit it to the Specialized Technical Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs for consideration and appropriate recommendations; 4. CALLS UPON the Member States and Development Partners to avail the necessary technical and financial support for sustaining the AOSTI; 5. EXPRESSES APPRECIATION to the Republic of Equatorial Guinea for hosting and supporting the AOSTI in Malabo.