Assembly/AU/Dec.565(XXIV) Page 1 DECISION ON THE REPORT OF THE COMMISSION ON DEVELOPMENT OF THE AFRICAN UNION AGENDA 2063 AND THE REPORT OF THE MINISTERIAL FOLLOW-UP COMMITTEE ON THE BAHR DAR RETREAT Doc. Assembly/AU/5(XXIV) The Assembly, TAKES NOTE of: 1. i) the Report of the Commission on the development of the African Union Agenda 2063, as well as the Agenda 2063 Framework Document; Agenda 2063 Popular Version; and the Agenda 2063 First Ten Year Implementation Plan; ii) the presentations of the Report of the Follow-Up Ministerial Committee on Agenda 2063. 2. ONCE AGAIN WELCOMES the consultative nature of the Agenda 2063 Development Process; 3. EXPRESSES its appreciation to the Commission for the excellent work accomplished; 4. ALSO EXPRESSES its high appreciation to the Ministerial Follow up Committee for its proactive work towards the smooth implementation of the Bahr Dar Ministerial Retreat conclusions of January 2014; 5. RECALLS Decision EX.CL/Dec. 832(XXV) taken at the 25th Ordinary Session of the Executive Council held in June 2014 in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, requesting Member States to conduct national consultations on the Agenda 2063 Framework Document and Popular Version, and to provide inputs to the Commission by 31 October 2014 as well as Decision EX.CL/855(XXVI) adopted at the 26th Ordinary Session of the Executive Council in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, in January 2015; 6. ADOPTS the Agenda 2063 Framework Document and Popular Version; 7. REQUESTS: i) the Commission to intensify measures aimed at popularizing the fifty-year continental agenda; ii) Member States and the RECs to accelerate the domestication of Agenda 2063 and integrating it into their respective Development Initiatives and Plans;