Assembly/AU/Dec.532(XXIII) Page 1 DECISION ON THE DATE AND VENUE OF THE THIRTY-FIRST ORDINARY SESSION OF THE ASSEMBLY OF HEADS OF STATE AND GOVERNMENT OF THE AFRICAN UNION Doc. Assembly/AU/18 (XXIII) Add.1 The Assembly, 1. RECALLS the Constitutive Act of the African Union, in its Article 6 on the holding of its Ordinary Sessions; 2. RECALLS the Rules of Procedure of the Assembly, in its Article 5 subparagraph 1, regarding the venue of its June/July Sessions; 3. EXPRESSES SATISFACTION with the offer of the Republic of Senegal to host the Thirty-First Ordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the African Union in Dakar, Senegal in June/July 2018; 4. FAVOURABLY WELCOMES the offer of the Republic of Senegal and REQUESTS the Commission to conduct, for this purpose, the necessary consultations with Senegal with a view to holding this session in the best possible conditions; 5. DECIDES that the Thirty-First Ordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the Union will be held in Dakar in June/July 2018.