AU Executive Council meet ahead of extraordinary summits

The African Union Executive Council is meeting Wednesday in Malabo Equatorial ahead of two extraordinary summits to be held on May 27th and 28th.

The Extraordinary Humanitarian Summit and Pledging Conference will take place on 27th May while the Extraordinary Summit on Unconstitutional Changes of Governments in Africa will be held on 28th of May.

The Summits will run for two consecutive days with the participation of ministers, and Heads of States and Governments, among others.

The order of the Summits and preparatory meetings is as follows:

The Executive Council meeting will consider the agenda of the Extraordinary Humanitarian Summit and Pledging Conference & the Extraordinary Summit on Terrorism and Unconstitutional Changes. 

The Executive Council is expected to consider the Assembly Declaration of the Extraordinary Summit and Pledging Conference as well as the Malabo Declaration on Terrorism and Unconstitutional Changes of Government in Africa.

During the session of the Executive Council, the Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat, will present the Commission Reports on the Prevention and Combating of Terrorism and Violent Extremism and on Unconstitutional Changes of Government in Africa.

The session on Terrorism and UCG will assess these persistent threats, evaluate current response mechanisms, and decide on the specific actions and measures necessary to strengthen the collective security of Member States facing terrorism and violent extremism.

Furthermore, the Summit will discuss actionable measures needed to stem their upsurge on the continent. 

Among other issues, the Assembly will also consider the recommendations in the Accra Declaration on Unconstitutional Changes of Government in Africa emanating from the AU Reflection Forum, held on 15-17 March 2022 in Accra, Ghana.

The Extraordinary AU Humanitarian Summit and Pledging Conference will deliberate efforts by African leaders to address the current humanitarian challenges that Africa is facing, and that are exacerbated by the socio-economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and disasters across the continent.

As well as identify durable solutions to address the current humanitarian challenges especially of humanitarian financing and those that contribute to post-conflict recovery, peace and development.

The Extraordinary Humanitarian Summit & Pledging Conference will focus on climate change, disasters & forced displacement; food security & nutrition; health challenges; post-conflict reconstruction development for refugees & IDPs; & financing for humanitarian actions #AUHS2022 pic.twitter.com/FhtlvbDFer

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Some of the expected outcomes for the two summits include; Pledges and commitments to the Continental Humanitarian situation.

Assembly Declaration on the Extraordinary Humanitarian Summit and Pledging Conference and Assembly Declaration on Terrorism and Change Unconstitutional Government.

The Extraordinary Summit in Malabo on the 28th May will address the new wave of unconstitutional Changes of Government and an opportunity for leaders to decisively and robustly protect their collective defense & security in the face of the onslaught of Terrorism and Violent Extremism.

The AU has adopted various policy instruments & normative frameworks including the Lome Declaration (2000), the Protocol establishing the PSC (2002), & the African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance (ACDEG) (2007), which spell out sanctions against military takeovers pic.twitter.com/QguODqAhmm

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