Assembly/AU/Dec.669(XXX) Page 1 DECISION ON OUTCOMES OF COP 23/CMP 13 AND AFRICA’S ENGAGEMENTS AT THE GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE CONFERENCE AT COP24/CMP 14 Doc. Assembly/AU/9(XXX) The Assembly, 1. TAKES NOTE of the Report of the Coordinator of the Committee of African Heads of State and Government on Climate Change (CAHOSCC), H.E. Ali Bongo Ondimba, President of Gabon, and Chairperson of the Commiteee of African Heads of State and Government on the outcomes of the global Climate Change negotiations at the 23rd Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the 13th Meeting of the Parties serving as the Conference of the Parties to its Kyoto Protocol, and the second part of the first session of the Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Paris Agreement (COP 23/CMP13/CMA1.2); and ENDORSES the recommendations therein; 2. ALSO TAKES NOTE with appreciation of the CAHOSCC preparatory meeting held in New York, and that facilitated the adoption of the CAHOSCC Key Messages; 3. SALUTES the diligence of the Members of CAHOSCC for the commendable political directive and guidance they provided that has concretised Africa’s solidarity and Pan-Africanism at the negotiations and contributed to the adoption of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change as a result of a strong united voice; 4. COMMENDS the work of the African Ministerial Conference on the Environment (AMCEN), the African Group of Negotiators on Climate Change (AGN), the Commission, Pan African institutions such as NEPAD Planning and Coordinating Agency (NPCA), the African Development Bank (AfDB), and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), and that of partners such as UNDP, UNEP, UNFCCC Secretariat, the World Bank, as well as other relevant institutions and development partners for supporting Africa in addressing the crucial issue of Climate Change; 5. ACKNOWLEDGES the efforts of the Commission along with Pan-African and other relevant institutions and development partners; the African Parliamentarians; the Civil Society Group, including the women and youth groups; the Media and all friends and collaborators in the implementation of climate actions for the realization of Agenda 2063; 6. RECOGNIZES the efforts of the Commission, in collaboration with NPCA, PanAfrican Parliament, AfDB and UNECA that jointly organized an Africa Day highlevel and technical side event on 15 November 2017 at COP 23/CMP13/CMA1.2 along with the Central African region: ECCAS, Gabon, Congo and the Democratic Republic of Congo; 30th Ordinary Session of the Assembly, 28- 29 January 2018, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia