Assembly/AU/Dec.603(XXVI)Rev.1 Page 1 DECISION ON AFRICA’S ENGAGEMENTS IN THE GLOBAL CLIMATE NEGOTIATIONS Doc. Assembly/AU/7(XXVI) The Assembly, 1. TAKES NOTE of the Report of the Coordinator of the Committee of the African Heads of State and Government on Climate Change (CAHOSCC), H.E. Abdel Fattah El Sisi, President of the Arab Republic of Egypt on climate change action in Africa and Africa's engagement in the global climate negotiations; and ENDORSES the recommendations contained therein; 2. CONGRATULATES France on hosting a successful Twenty-first Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and for facilitating the adoption of the Paris Agreement that is binding on all Parties; 3. WELCOMES the adoption of the Paris Agreement by the Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC at its Twenty-first session and URGES all Member States to participate in the High-level signature ceremony for the Agreement to be convened by the Secretary General of the United Nations on 22 April 2016 in New York, USA; 4. CALLS ON all Member States to ratify the Paris Agreement; and ACKNOWLEDGES the UNFCCC Decision to host the Twenty-second session of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP 22) on the African continent, in Marrakesh, the Kingdom of Morocco from 7 to 18 November 2016; 5. EXPRESSES APPRECIATION to the African Ministerial Conference on Environment (AMCEN) as well as the Commission, and the African Group of Negotiators (AGN) for representing the interests of Africa in the climate change negotiations and the constructive manner in which they have advanced the UNFCCC process; URGES AMCEN, the Commission and AGN to maintain the unity of the group and to continue to represent African interests in the UNFCCC process; and CALLS ON the AGN in collaboration with the Commission to continue to provide the necessary technical support and advice to CAHOSCC through AMCEN; 6. COMMENDS the Commission, the African Development Bank, and the NEPAD Planning and Coordinating Agency (NPCA), as well as the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa for the establishment and effectiveness of the Africa Pavilion at COP21; APPRECIATES the space provided by the Pavilion for African countries and institutions to showcase Africa’s response to climate change; ACKNOWLEDGES the support provided by France and Partners: ClimDev-Africa, Benin, GIZ, SOS Sahel, Norway, The World Bank and Islamic Development Bank; and CALLS ON Member States to support the continued mounting of an Africa Pavilion at future COPs;