Addis Ababa, 30 January 2018–The Legal Counsel, Amb. Dr. Namira Negm is pleased to announce that the Union of Comoros has signed the14 African Union Treaties on 29 January 2018 at the Margins the 30th Summit of the African Union and became the 2ndMember State to sign all the 63 African Union Treaties, after Ghana who did the same last Summit in July 2017.

Following the Decision of the Executive Council on the Status of Signature and Ratification of OAU/AU Treaties and the Harmonization of Ratification Procedures Doc. EX.CL/458(XIV) that urges member States to sign and ratify/accede all OAU/AU Treaties and in any event to commence the process of ratification and that gives mandate to the African Union Commission to implement the respective recommendations relating to the Procedures for Ratification and Measures to Speed up the Ratification of OAU/AU Treaties addressed to them as the Commission is the custodian of all the AU/OAU Treaties.

Ambassador Negm has been campaigning for the Member States to sign all African Union Treaties at the 30th Summit of the AU.

As a result Comoros decided to sign all the 14 Treaties that has not been signed yet and became the 2nd Country to have signed all AU Treaties next to Ghana. The Chairperson of the Union, President Paul Kagame congratulated both the Republic of Ghana and the Union of Comoros to become the first two AU Member States to sign all AU Conventions.
The Legal Counsel is pleased with the decision of the Union of Comoros to sign all the AU Treaties and encourages other Member States to do the same. The Office of the Legal Counsel is exerting all efforts to implement the Executive Council Decision that urges Member States to ratify and domesticate the Treaties in order to achieve the intended purposes of more harmonization of rules within the continent.

For Office of the Legal Counsel please contact:
Ms. Tsion Demissie
Email: tbehergano@Africa-union.org
Tel: 0913026667 Ext: 2335

Ms. Tefesehet Sime
Email: tefesehets@Africa-union.org
Tel: 0961287765 - Ext: 2335

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Esther Azaa Tankou | Head of Information Division | Tel: (251) 911361185 | E-mail: yamboue@africa-union.org
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