Assembly/AU/Dec.48(III) Rev.1 DECISION ON THE ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL COUNCIL (ECOSOCC) Doc……………………….. The Assembly: 1. TAKES NOTE of the recommendations of the Executive Council; 2. ADOPTS the draft Statutes of ECOSOCC; 3. REQUESTS the Chairperson of the Commission to take urgent measures for the launching and operationalisation of ECOSOCC; 4. FURTHER REQUESTS the Executive Council to take appropriate measures to define, at the earliest opportunity, the meaning of the African Diaspora.