Assembly/AU/Dec.57 (IV) DECISION ON THE CONVENING OF AN EXTRAORDINARY SESSION OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL The Assembly: 1. TAKES NOTE of the Report on the Reform of the United Nations and in particular the Security Council; 2. FURTHER TAKES NOTE of the Report of the Ad-hoc Ministerial Committee on the Scale of Assessment and the proposals contained therein; 3. WELCOMES the establishment of a Committee of fifteen (15) on the Reform of the UN Security Council by the Executive Council; 4. ENDORSES the mandate of the Committee to consider all aspects of the recommendations made in the report of the High Level Panel for the reform of UN System, particularly the reform of the Security Council, with the view to elaborating an African Common Position; 5. REQUESTS Council to convene in an Extraordinary Session before March 2005 to adopt the African Common Position on the Reform of the United Nations; 6. FURTHER REQUESTS Council to consider the proposals relating to the Scale of Assessment and make appropriate recommendations to enable Assembly take a final decision in July 2005.