Executive Council of the African Union

E34021

executive body organ of the African Union

The Executive Council of the African Union is a principal decision-making body composed mainly of foreign ministers from member states that coordinates and adopts policies on behalf of the Union.

Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
African Union Assembly	2
African Union Executive Council	1
Council of Ministers of the Organization of African Unity	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	executive body ⓘ organ of the African Union ⓘ
approves	AU budget proposals before submission to the Assembly ⓘ
canDelegateTo	Specialized Technical Committees of the African Union ⓘ
canHold	extraordinary sessions ⓘ
composedMostlyOf	foreign ministers of member states ⓘ
coordinates	sectoral policies of member states at continental level ⓘ
decidesOn	cultural policy issues of the African Union ⓘ economic policy issues of the African Union ⓘ educational policy issues of the African Union ⓘ environmental policy issues of the African Union ⓘ foreign policy issues of the African Union ⓘ health policy issues of the African Union ⓘ science and technology policy issues of the African Union ⓘ social policy issues of the African Union ⓘ trade policy issues of the African Union ⓘ
decisionMakingMethod	consensus ⓘ two-thirds majority when consensus fails ⓘ
elects	members of the African Union Commission (on recommendation to the Assembly) ⓘ
establishedBy	transformation of the Organization of African Unity into the African Union ⓘ
establishedIn	2002 ⓘ
hasAbbreviation	Executive Council ⓘ
hasFunction	adopt policies on behalf of the African Union ⓘ coordinate policies of the African Union ⓘ prepare sessions of the Assembly of the African Union ⓘ
hasMembership	ministers designated by governments of AU member states ⓘ
hasOfficialLanguage	Arabic ⓘ English ⓘ French ⓘ Swahili language ⓘ surface form: Kiswahili Portuguese ⓘ Spanish ⓘ any other African language as decided by the Union ⓘ
hasParentOrganization	African Union ⓘ
hasPower	adopt decisions binding on member states in its areas of competence ⓘ make recommendations to the Assembly of the African Union ⓘ
hasRole	principal decision-making body of the African Union ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Addis Ababa ⓘ surface form: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
legalBasis	Constitutive Act of the African Union ⓘ
meetingType	ordinary sessions ⓘ
meets	at least twice a year ⓘ
oversees	implementation of policies by the African Union Commission ⓘ
partOf	African Union ⓘ
precededBy	Executive Council of the African Union self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Council of Ministers of the Organization of African Unity
regionServed	Africa ⓘ
reportsTo	Assembly of the African Union ⓘ
represents	governments of African Union member states ⓘ
subordinateTo	Assembly of the African Union ⓘ
worksWith	Permanent Representatives Committee of the African Union ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

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

Permanent Representatives' Committee → advises → Executive Council of the African Union ⓘ

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

Flag of the African Union → governingBody → Executive Council of the African Union ⓘ

this entity surface form: African Union Assembly

African Union → hasOrgan → Executive Council of the African Union ⓘ

AU → hasOrgan → Executive Council of the African Union ⓘ

subject surface form: African Union

Executive Council of the African Union → precededBy → Executive Council of the African Union self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Council of Ministers of the Organization of African Unity

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

Permanent Representatives' Committee → reportsTo → Executive Council of the African Union ⓘ

Specialized Technical Committees → reportsTo → Executive Council of the African Union ⓘ

African Union Commission → worksWith → Executive Council of the African Union ⓘ

this entity surface form: African Union Assembly

African Union Commission → worksWith → Executive Council of the African Union ⓘ

Chairperson of the African Union → worksWith → Executive Council of the African Union ⓘ

Economic, Social and Cultural Council → worksWith → Executive Council of the African Union ⓘ

this entity surface form: African Union Executive Council