Assembly/AU/Dec.490(XXII) DECISION ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE AFRICAN CHARTER ON STATISTICS AND THE STRATEGY FOR THE HARMONIZATION OF STATISTICS IN AFRICA (SHASA) Doc. EX.CL/806(XXIV) The Assembly, 1. COMMENDS countries which have signed and ratified the African Charter on Statistics, and CALLS ON those which have not done so to sign and ratify it as expeditiously as possible; 2. RESOLVES to allocate adequate resources for the production and use of statistics in line with the principles of the African Charter on Statistics; 3. RECALLS Assembly/AU/Dec.424(XIX) of July 2012 on the creation of an African Statistical Training Centre, including the strategy for alignment of training initiatives to SHaSA; 4. APPROVES the offer of the Republic of Cote d’Ivoire to host the Training Centre that will be based in Yamoussoukro (Institut Polytechnique Felix Houphouet Boingy) and EXPRESSES gratitude to Cote d’Ivoire for its commitments to provide adequate facilities and equipments for its inception ; 5. REQUESTS the Commission, ECA, AfDB and ACBF in collaboration with the Ivorian Government to take the necessary measures for the effective establishment and hosting of the Centre.