Assembly/AU/ Dec.347(XVI) DECISION ON THE THEME OF THE EIGHTEENTH ORDINARY SESSION OF THE ASSEMBLY OF THE AFRICAN UNION IN JANUARY 2012 The Assembly, 1. RECALLS its Decision Assembly/AU/Dec.300(XV) on the Theme of the July 2011 African Union Summit adopted by the Fifteenth Ordinary Session of the Assembly in Kampala, Uganda in July 2010 by which it requested the Commission to work out a criteria for determining the themes of the Summits in collaboration with the Permanent Representatives’ Committee (PRC); 2. TAKES NOTE of the recommendation of the Commission and the PRC regarding the theme for the January 2012 Summit; 3. REQUESTS the Commission, in collaboration with the PRC, to report on the criteria for determining the themes and modalities for their consideration of future Summits at its next Ordinary Session in June 2011; 4. DECIDES that the theme for the Eighteenth Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union to be held in January/February 2012 will be “Boosting IntraAfrican Trade”; 5. REQUESTS the Commission to make necessary preparations including documentation for the above theme accordingly in collaboration with all the relevant stakeholders.