Assembly of the African Union

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deliberative body principal organ of the African Union supreme decision-making body of the African Union

The Assembly of the African Union is the AU’s supreme decision-making body, comprising heads of state and government from all member countries and setting the organization’s overall policies and priorities.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
African Union Summit	1
Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the African Union	1
Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the Organization of African Unity	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	deliberative body ⓘ principal organ of the African Union ⓘ supreme decision-making body of the African Union ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	AU Assembly ⓘ Assembly ⓘ
appoints	Chairperson of the African Union Commission ⓘ African Union Commission ⓘ surface form: Commissioners of the African Union Commission Deputy Chairperson of the African Union Commission ⓘ
comprises	heads of state and government of all African Union member states ⓘ
convenes	ordinary sessions at least once a year ⓘ
decidesOn	admission of new member states to the African Union ⓘ amendments to the Constitutive Act of the African Union ⓘ common policies of the African Union ⓘ suspension of member states from the African Union ⓘ
decisionMakingMode	consensus where possible ⓘ two-thirds majority where consensus is not possible ⓘ
delegatesTo	African Union Commission ⓘ Executive Council of the African Union ⓘ Peace and Security Council ⓘ surface form: Peace and Security Council of the African Union
elects	Chairperson of the African Union ⓘ members of the African Union Commission on the recommendation of the Executive Council ⓘ
establishedBy	Constitutive Act of the African Union ⓘ
function	adopt the budget of the African Union ⓘ adopt the program of the African Union ⓘ define the African Union’s priorities and objectives ⓘ determine common policies of the African Union ⓘ establish any organ of the African Union ⓘ give directives to other organs of the African Union ⓘ monitor implementation of African Union policies and decisions ⓘ
hasMember	heads of government of African Union member states ⓘ heads of state of African Union member states ⓘ
jurisdiction	all member states of the African Union ⓘ
language	Arabic ⓘ English ⓘ French ⓘ Kiswahili ⓘ Portuguese ⓘ Spanish ⓘ any other African Union official language adopted by the Assembly ⓘ
legalAuthority	Constitutive Act of the African Union ⓘ
meets	at extraordinary sessions ⓘ at ordinary sessions ⓘ
meetsIn	various African Union member states on a rotating basis ⓘ
oversees	implementation of policies and decisions of the African Union ⓘ
partOf	African Union ⓘ
replaced	Assembly of the African Union self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the Organization of African Unity
role	sets overall policies of the African Union ⓘ sets overall priorities of the African Union ⓘ supreme decision-making authority of the African Union ⓘ

Referenced by (15)

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

Peace and Security Council → adoptedBy → Assembly of the African Union ⓘ

Chairperson of the African Union → appointedBy → Assembly of the African Union ⓘ

AfCFTA Secretariat → establishedBy → Assembly of the African Union ⓘ

this entity surface form: Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the African Union

African Union → hasOrgan → Assembly of the African Union ⓘ

AU → hasOrgan → Assembly of the African Union ⓘ

subject surface form: African Union

AU → holdsSummit → Assembly of the African Union ⓘ

subject surface form: African Union

this entity surface form: African Union Summit

Chairperson of the African Union → officeHolderOf → Assembly of the African Union ⓘ

Chairperson of the African Union → presidesOver → Assembly of the African Union ⓘ

Assembly of the African Union → replaced → Assembly of the African Union self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the Organization of African Unity

AfCFTA Secretariat → reportsTo → Assembly of the African Union ⓘ

Executive Council of the African Union → reportsTo → Assembly of the African Union ⓘ

Peace and Security Council → reportsTo → Assembly of the African Union ⓘ

Specialized Technical Committees → reportsTo → Assembly of the African Union ⓘ

Executive Council of the African Union → subordinateTo → Assembly of the African Union ⓘ

Permanent Representatives' Committee → supports → Assembly of the African Union ⓘ