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Assembly AU Dec 490-516 (XXII) _E

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<strong>Assembly</strong>/<strong>AU</strong>/<strong>Dec</strong>.500(<strong>XXII</strong>)The <strong>Assembly</strong>,DECISION ON THE ADOPTION OF THE ENCYCLOPAEDIAAFRICANA PROJECT (EAP)<strong>Assembly</strong>/<strong>AU</strong>/16(<strong>XXII</strong>)Add.51. TAKES NOTE of the proposal by the Republic of Ghana for the adoption of theEncyclopaedia Africana Project (EAP) by the African Union;2. COMMENDS the Republic of Ghana for its commitment towards the sustenanceof the Encyclopaedia Africana Project (EAP) in spite of the numerous challenges;3. REQUESTS the Republic of Ghana (Secretariat for the Encyclopaedia AfricanaProject) to avail itself to work with the African Union Commission and to facilitateconsultations with the aim of reviving awareness of all Member Statesconcerning the on-going Project;4. CALLS UPON the Commission in consultation with the secretariat of theEncyclopaedia Africana to submit at the next Summit proposals for sustainablefinancing of the project, including strategies for making it financially self-reliant;5. REQUESTS the Secretariat of the Encyclopaedia Africana Project to ensure thatits publications are made available in all <strong>AU</strong> working languages;6. FINALLY REQUESTS the African Union Commission to facilitate the formationof National Cooperating Committees in each Member State to be financed byeach Member State to enlist the assistance of scholars in various Universitiesand Research Centres to contribute to the Encyclopaedia.

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