Assembly/AU/Dec.666(XXX) Page 2 9. TAKES NOTE of the consultations with the Group of Seven countries 2 on the level of ambition of tariff liberalisation and ENCOURAGES the Leader on CFTA to continue until there is a broadbased consensus; 10. REQUESTS H.E. Issoufou Mahamadou, to provide leadership to the CFTA Eminent Persons from the public and private sector appointed by the Commission, and ENCOURAGES him to continue the good work, both in the implementation of the CFTA Agreement and in the negotiations of phase 2 issues regarding competition, investment and intellectual property rights; 11. CALLS UPON Member States to start the second phase of negotiations and continue nationwide stakeholder sensitization activities so that all African citizens are fully aware and own the process of establishing the African Continental Free Trade Area. 2 The Republic of Djibouti, the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, the Republic of Madagascar, the Republic of Malawi, the Republic of Sudan, the Republic of Zambia and the Republic of Zimbabwe. 30th Ordinary Session of the Assembly, 28- 29 January 2018, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia