2 4. The African Union should be responsible for the selection of Africa’s representatives in the Security Council. 5. The question of the criteria for the selection of African members of the Security Council should be a matter for the AU to determine, taking into consideration the representative nature and capacity of those chosen. 2. The Heads of State and Government of the African Union endorsed and reaffirmed their commitment to the Ezulwini Consensus, the Harare and Sirte Declarations of June 2007 and July 2005 respectively, and authorized the submission of a draft resolution to the UN General Assembly reflecting the Common African Position which was submitted in July 2005 (UN document A/59/L.67). They also decided to establish a Committee of Ten (10) Heads of State and Government (two per region) to be coordinated by the President of the Republic of Sierra Leone, with the mandate to “present, advocate and canvas support for the African Draft Resolution to all the regions of the world as well as interested groups with a view to achieving the provisions of the Ezulwini Consensus as well as the Sirte Declaration and Resolution, and submit a report and appropriate recommendations thereon to the Chairperson of the Assembly”. 3. Since its inception, the C10 has reported on Security Council reform activities in fulfillment of the above mandate at every Session of the Assembly. The last of the reports was presented at the 10th Ordinary Session of the Assembly, held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, in January-February 2008 to which the Heads of State reacted with the following decision (Assembly/AU/Dec.184 (X): a) Takes Note of the Report of the Committee of Ten Heads of State on the Reform of the Security Council; b) Reaffirms the Ezulwini Consensus and the Sirte Declaration on the Reform of the United Nations Security Council; c) Directs the African Permanent Representatives to the United Nations to participate in the forthcoming inter-governmental negotiations on the basis of the Ezulwini consensus and Sirte Declaration and to report to the Assembly accordingly, should they require further guidance; d) Requests the Committee of Ten to intensify its efforts in promoting the African common position; e) Decides to renew the mandate of the Committee of Ten until Africa achieves its objectives on the reform of the Security Council; f) Requests the Committee of Ten to present a progress report to the next ordinary session of the Assembly.