Assembly/AU/ Dec.346(XVI) DECISION ON THE THEME, DATE AND VENUE OF THE SEVENTEENTH ORDINARY SESSION OF THE ASSEMBLY OF THE AFRICAN UNION The Assembly, 1. RECALLS its Decision Assembly/AU/Dec.300(XV) adopted in Kampala, Uganda, in July 2010 on the theme of the June/July 2011 Summit which shall be “Accelerating Youth empowerment for sustainable development”; 2. DECIDES that the dates of the Seventeenth Ordinary Session of the Assembly to be held in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, shall be the following: 3. i. Twenty-Second Ordinary Session of the Permanent Representatives’ Committee: 23 and 24 June 2011; ii. Nineteenth Ordinary Session of the Executive Council: 26 to 28 June 2011; iii. Seventeenth Ordinary Session of the Assembly: 30 June and 1 July 2011; REQUESTS the Commission in collaboration with Member States and all relevant stakeholders to take all necessary measures to prepare all relevant documentation and materials for the Theme.