Assembly/AU/Dec.248(XIII) Page 1 DECISION ON THE ACCESSION OF THE AFRICAN UNION TO THE UNITED NATIONS FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE (UNFCCC) AND THE KYOTO PROTOCOL The Assembly, 1. TAKES NOTE of the Concept Note on the justifications for the African Union Accession to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the Kyoto Protocol; 2. ALSO TAKES NOTE of the recommendation of the Executive Council as contained in Decision EX.CL/Dec. 501 (XV) adopted in Sirte, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya in June 2009; 3. AUTHORIZES the African Union to accede to United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Kyoto Protocol and REQUESTS the Commission to take all necessary measures to expedite the process of accession and to report to the next ordinary session of the Executive Council in January/February 2010. Adopted by the Thirteenth Ordinary Session of the Assembly in Sirte, Great Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya on 3 July 2009