AU Assembly

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The AU Assembly is the supreme decision-making body of the African Union, comprising heads of state and government from all member countries who set the continent’s key political and policy directions.

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Label Occurrences
AU Assembly canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Organ of the African Union ⓘ
Supreme decision-making body ⓘ
adopts Decisions ⓘ
Declarations ⓘ
Resolutions ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Assembly of Heads of State and Government ⓘ
approves Strategic decisions and policies of the African Union ⓘ
authorityOver Other organs of the African Union within their respective mandates ⓘ
canDelegate Specific powers to other organs of the African Union ⓘ
composedOf Heads of State and Government of African Union member states ⓘ
decisionMakingMethod Consensus ⓘ
Two-thirds majority when consensus is not possible ⓘ
elects Chairperson of the African Union ⓘ
Members of the African Union Commission on recommendation ⓘ
establishedBy Constitutive Act of the African Union ⓘ
fullName Assembly of the African Union ⓘ
function Admits new members to the African Union ⓘ
Adopts the African Union budget ⓘ
Decides on matters of peace and security in Africa ⓘ
Determines common policies of the African Union ⓘ
Monitors implementation of African Union policies and decisions ⓘ
Provides overall political leadership for the African Union ⓘ
hasMemberFrom All African Union member states ⓘ
hasSubordinateOrgan Executive Council of the African Union ⓘ
Pan-African Parliament (within its mandate) ⓘ
Peace and Security Council of the African Union ⓘ
headquartersLocation Addis Ababa, Ethiopia ⓘ
linked to: Addis Ababa
languagePolicy Uses official languages of the African Union ⓘ
legalBasis Constitutive Act of the African Union ⓘ
mayMeet In extraordinary sessions when requested ⓘ
meets In ordinary sessions at least once a year ⓘ
meetsAt African Union Headquarters, Addis Ababa ⓘ
membershipType Heads of Government ⓘ
Heads of State ⓘ
oversees Implementation of decisions by other AU organs ⓘ
partOf African Union ⓘ
policyArea Economic integration ⓘ
Institutional development of the African Union ⓘ
Peace and security ⓘ
Political integration ⓘ
Social and cultural cooperation ⓘ
predecessor Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the Organization of African Unity ⓘ
quorum Two-thirds of the total membership ⓘ
regionServed Africa ⓘ
reportsTo No higher organ within the African Union structure ⓘ
role Sets key policy directions for the African continent ⓘ
Sets key political directions for the African continent ⓘ
Supreme decision-making body of the African Union ⓘ
scope Continental ⓘ
shortName AU Assembly ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Assembly of the African Union → alsoKnownAs → AU Assembly ⓘ
subject linked to: Assembly
AU Assembly → shortName → AU Assembly ⓘ