Opening of the 42nd Ordinary Session of the AU Executive Council kicks off tomorrow

Addis Ababa February 14, 2023 (FBC) – The Official opening ceremony of the Forty second (42nd) Ordinary Session of the Executive Council of the African Union will be held from 15 to 16 February 2023 in African Union Headquarters, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, according to AU.

In its media advisory, AU disclosed the 42nd Ordinary Session of the Executive Council is organized by the African Union Commission (AUC).

AU stated that the opening ceremony of the Executive Council Session will take place in the presence of the leadership and officials of the AU Commission, Ministers from the AU Member States, officials of AU organs and offices and partners.

It also stated that the 42nd Ordinary Session of the Executive Council will consider the draft agenda, draft decisions and declarations with appropriate recommendations for consideration by the Heads of State and Government during their 36th Ordinary Session of the Assembly, scheduled to take place on 18 and 19 February 2023.

For two days, according to AU, the Ministers of Foreign Affairs/External Relations and other ministers or authorities duly designated will deliberate on the different items on their agenda including: consideration of the Report of the 45th Ordinary Session of the Permanent Representatives’ Committee held on 16-27 January 2023.

The Au indicates the session will also further considers , among others, the Annual Report of the Union and its organs, Report on the operationalisation of Africa CDC, Progress report on the establishment and operationalisation of the Africa Medicines Agency (AMA), Annual report on the implementation of activities on the roadmap of the AU Theme of the year 2022 on nutrition, Consideration of the concept note and roadmap of the theme of the year 2023 “Acceleration of AFCFTA implementation”, Report on the social and humanitarian situation (humanitarian situation and humanitarian agency), Evaluation report of the first-ten year implementation plan (FTYIP) and the development of the agenda 2063 second-ten year implementation plan (STYIP).

During the Executive Council Session there will be an election of two Judges of the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights, election of six Members of the African Union Advisory Board Against Corruption, nomination of three Judges to the Administrative Tribunal of the African Union, and appointment of One (1) Member of the AU Board of External Auditors, for the Two-Year Term, 2022 and 2023, AU indicated.

By: Yonathan Yoseph