Assembly/AU/Dec.158 (VIII) DECISION ON THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE ALL-AFRICA MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE ON DECENTRALISATION AND LOCAL DEVELOPMENT INTO A STRUCTURE OF THE AFRICAN UNION Doc. Assembly/AU/9(VIII) Add. 5 The Assembly: 1. TAKES NOTE of the Report on the Transformation of the All-Africa Conference on Decentralisation and Local Development into a structure of the African Union; 2. UNDERSCORES the role of decentralisation policies in the development of nations; 3. ENDORSES the proposals of the Executive Council on the issue; 4. DECIDES to include the All-Africa Conference on Decentralisation and Local Development in the restructuring of different Technical Committees of the African Union; 5. GIVES MANDATE to the Commission to take measures for the implementation of this decision.