Assembly/AU/Dec.639(XXVIII) Page 1 DECISION ON THE ADMISSION OF THE KINGDOM OF MOROCCO TO THE AFRICAN UNION The Assembly, 1. TAKES NOTE of the Report of the Chairperson of the Commission on the request by the Kingdom of Morocco to accede to Constitutive Act of the African Union (Constitutive Act) and to be admitted as a Member State of the African Union; 2. ALSO TAKES NOTE of the Debate on the matter and the legal opinion provided by the Legal Counsel of the AU, at the request of some Member States; 3. WELCOMES the request from the Kingdom of Morocco as it provides the opportunity to reunite the African community of states around the Pan-African core values of the Founders of solidarity, unity, freedom and equality, in accordance with the Principles and Objectives of the Constitutive Act. This will strengthen the ability of the African Union to find African solutions to African problems; 4. DECIDES to admit the Kingdom of Morocco as a new Member State of the African Union in conformity with Article 9(c) and Article 29 of the Constitutive Act; 5. REQUESTS the Chairperson of the Commission to communicate this Decision of the Assembly to the Kingdom of Morocco and request the latter to deposit their instrument of accession to the Constitutive Act. 28th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the Union, 30 - 31 January 2017, Addis Ababa