Assembly/AU/Dec.604(XXVI) Page 2 African Union; and REITERATES the imperative need for predictable, reliable and sustainable resources to enable AU fulfil its mandate; 9. 10. DECIDES TO: i) adopt the Common African Position on Humanitarian Effectiveness to be submitted at the World Humanitarian Summit; ii) establish an African Humanitarian Agency which should be anchored on regional and national mechanisms and funded with Africa’s own resources; and to request the Commission to embark on the process for the establishment of such an architecture anchored on principles of panAfricanism and African shared values. REQUESTS the Commission to report to the Ordinary Session of the Assembly through the Executive Council in January 2017.