he Assembly,
1. TAKES NOTE WITH APPRECIATION of the Report by the outgoing
Chairperson of the NEPAD Heads of State and Government Orientation
Committee, H.E. Macky Sall, President of the Republic of Senegal;
2. ENDORSES the conclusions and recommendations of the 37th NEPAD HSGOC
Summit;
3. RECALLS that the NEPAD vision and its programme, from inception, has been
an intrinsic part of the African Union System and should remain so, and CALLS
UPON the African Union Commission and AUDA-NEPAD Secretariat to continue
to harmonize their work programmes to prevent duplication of roles;
4. NOTES WITH APPRECIATION the Progress Report presented on behalf of H.E.
Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa, President of the Republic of South Africa as Chair
of the HSGOC High-level Sub-Committee on the Presidential Infrastructure
Champion Initiative (PICI). While commending the Presidential Champions for
their commitment, UNDERSCORES the critical need for PICI projects to advance
inter-connectivity among African Countries and sub-regions in order to address
infrastructure deficits and boost intra-African trade. TAKES NOTE that Financing
in Africa infrastructure reveals a gap of US$90 Billion, thus, impeding the
continent’s ability to deliver on critical development objectives. In this regard,
CALLS FOR the implementation of urgent measures aimed at unlocking access
to finance, and REQUESTS AUDA-NEPAD to work closely with the African
Development Bank (AfDB) in order to support the Africa Co-guarantee
Platform (CGP) in view of increasing the amount of finance available to Africa for
its infrastructure and trade by scaling up risk mitigation;
5. TAKES NOTE of Decision EX.CL/Dec.1063(XXXV) adopting the legal
instruments of AUDA-NEPAD and NOTES the issues raised by some member
states of the HSGOC and DECIDES that the principle of non-rotation of the 5
initiating Member States be retained;
6. FURTHER NOTES Decision Assembly/AU/691(XXXI) nominating the
Chairperson of the Commission to Co-Chair the Steering Committee and
DECIDES to replace the Chairperson of the African Union Commission with the
Chairperson of the Union;
7. REQUESTS the Commission to amend all relevant AUDA-NEPAD legal
instruments to include the decisions in paragraphs 5 and 6 above;