Assembly/AU/Dec.435(XIX) Page 1 DECISION ON INTEGRATING THE CENTRE FOR TICK AND TICK BORNE DISEASES INTO THE AU STRUCTURES Doc. Assembly/AU/18(XIX) Add.3 The Assembly, 1. TAKES NOTE of the proposal made by the Republic of Malawi to integrate the Centre for Tick and Tick Borne Diseases into AU Structures; 2. RECOGNISES the importance of the mandate and work being undertaken by CTTBD in the development of livestock industry in Africa; 3. DECIDES to integrate this Centre into the structures of the AU; 4. REQUESTS the Commission in consultation with the PRC to undertake relevant studies on the legal, institutional, structural and financial implications of integrating the CTTBD into AU Structures, with a view to coming up with appropriate recommendations in this respect.