Assembly/AU/Dec.285(XIV) DECISION ON THE REFORM OF THE UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL The Assembly, 1. ADOPTS of the Report of the Committee of Ten Heads of State and Government on the Reform of the United Nations (UN) Security Council; 2. REAFFIRMS the Ezulwini Consensus and the Sirte Declaration on the reform of the United Nations Security Council containing the African Common Position, and CALLS for its intensive promotion to ensure that Africa speaks with one voice on the issue of Security Council Reform; 3. TAKES NOTE of current developments in the intergovernmental Negotiations and ENCOURAGES the Committee of Ten Heads of State to continue to promote and defend Africa’s interest in the Security Council Reform process; 4. REQUESTS the Committee of Ten Heads of States to meet regularly in order to keep abreast of developments, with a view to updating African Leaders accordingly; 5. ALSO REQUESTS the African Permanent Representatives to the United Nations of the Committee of Ten to work closely with other African Permanent Representatives to the UN as well as with other Interest Groups in the context of the ongoing intergovernmental Negotiations on the Security Council Reform Process; 6. FURTHER REQUESTS the Commission to continue to facilitate the activities of the African Permanent Representatives to the UN of the Committee of Ten to enable them to defend Africa’s interest on the basis of the Ezulwuini Consensus and the Sirte Declaration; 7. CALLS ON the Committee of Ten to remain seized of this matter until Africa achieves its objectives and report on progress made at the next Ordinary Session of the Assembly in July 2010. Adopted by the Fourteenth Ordinary Session of the Assembly in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on 2 February 2010