Assembly/AU/Dec.241(XII) Page 1 DECISION ON THE REPORT OF HEADS OF STATE AND GOVERNMENT IMPLEMENTATION COMMITTEE ON NEPAD Assembly/ AU/12(XII) The Assembly: 1. TAKES NOTE WITH APPRECIATION the report by the Chairperson of the NEPAD Heads of State and Government Implementation Committee, H.E. Meles Zenawi, Prime Minister of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia; 2. ENDOERSES the conclusion of the 20th NEPAD HSGIC Summit; 3. RE-AFFIRMS the 13-point conclusion of the Algeries NEPAD Brainstorming Summit of March 2007, subsequently reinforced by the outcomes of the Dakar NEPAD Review Summit of April 2008 and FURTHER REITERATES that the Algiers and Dakar outcomes constitute the basis and roadmap for AU/NEPAD Integration, with the necessary flexibilities as underlined in the 2003 Maputo AU Assembly decision; 4. WELCOMES the commencement of the Study on the structure and profile of the incoming NEPAD Authority following the appointment of the Consultant in December 2008; 5. RE-EMPHASIZES the need for the Consultancy-Study, to be guided, in particular, by the Algiers and Dakar Outcomes and AGREES that the Consultant’s Draft Report and Recommendations on AU/NEPAD Integration should be circulated to all AU/NEPAD governance structures, for consideration, to ensure broad and adequate consultation, before submission to the Assembly, for final pronouncement; 6. REITERATES that the NEPAD vision and its program, from inception, has been an intrinsic part of the African Union System and should remain so, and CALLS UPON the African Union Commission and NEPAD Secretariat to harmonize their work programs and smoothen working relations in the interim period leading to integration; 7. NOTES the urgency of an early conclusion of the integration process and AGREES that the whole process of Integration of NEPAD into the Structures and Processes of the African Union, should be completed prior to the next 13th Assembly in June/July 2009; 8. URGES all Member States, who are yet to submit their suggestions on the structure and profile of the NEPAD Authority to the African Union Commission, to do so as soon as possible; 9. WELCOMES and ENDORSES the appointment of Dr. Ibrahim Hassan Mayaki of the Republic of Niger as the new Chief Executive Officer for NEPAD