Page 8 Society in Africa, to define broad orientations for cyber crime repression strategy in Member States of the African Union, taking into account their existing commitments at sub-regional, regional and international levels; Considering that this Convention seeks, in terms material penal law, to modernize cyber crime repression instruments by formulating a policy for adoption of new incriminations specific to ICTs, and aligning certain incriminations, sanctions and extant penal liability regime in Member States with the technological climate; Considering further that, in terms of procedural penal law, the Convention defines the framework for management of the classical procedures regarding ICTs and outlines the conditions for introduction of procedures specific to cyber crimes; Recalling Decision Assembly/AU/11(XIV) of the 14th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the African Union on Information and Communication Technologies in Africa: Challenges and Prospects for Development, held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, from 1 to 2 February 2010; Considering Oliver Tambo Declaration adopted by the Conference of African Ministers in charge of Information and Communication Technologies held in Johannesburg in November 2009; HAVE AGREES AS FOLLOWS: AU Draft0 010111