Assembly/AU/Dec.270(XIV) Page 2 7. WELCOMES Resolution ICC-ASP/8/Res.6 on the Review Conference that establishes a Working Group of the ASP for the purpose of considering, as from its Ninth Session, amendments to the Rome Statute including among others the proposal for amendment to Article 16 of the Rome Statute together with the proposals from other States Parties or group of States Parties; 8. TAKES NOTE of the fact that the other proposals made by the Second Meeting of the African States Parties to the Rome Statute will not be considered during the Review Conference and REQUESTS accordingly, the African States Parties to raise the issue of the immunities of Officials whose States are not parties to the Rome Statute (the relationship between articles 27 and 98 under the topic “Cooperation” at the level of the Working Group of New York of the Bureau of ASP as well as during the stocktaking exercise of the Review Conference; 9. ALSO TAKES NOTE of the fact that there was no debate on the crime of aggression during the 8th ASP; 10. DEEPLY REGRETS that the request by the African Union to the UN Security Council to defer the proceedings initiated against President Bashir of The Sudan in accordance with Article 16 of the Rome Statute of ICC on deferral of cases by the UN Security Council, has not been acted upon, and in this regard, REITERATES its request to the UN Security Council; 11. URGES the African States Parties to the Rome Statute to follow-up on the concerns raised by Member States; 12. TAKES NOTE of the Review Conference of States Parties to the International Criminal Court scheduled to be held in Kampala, Uganda from 31 May to 11 June 2010, and CALLS UPON African Member States Parties to attend and effectively participate in the Conference; 13. REQUESTS the African Group in New York and the African Members of the Bureau of ASP, to follow-up on the implementation of this Decision in collaboration with the Commission and to ensure that the concerns raised by the Assembly of the Union and its Member States are properly addressed through consultations with other Regional Groups with a view to finding a durable solution and to report to the Assembly through the Commission on actions taken; 14. ALSO REQUESTS the Commission to follow-up on the implementation of this Decision and to report to the next Ordinary Session of the Assembly through the Executive Council in July 2010. Adopted by the Fourteenth Ordinary Session of the Assembly in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on 2 February 2010