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Africities Summit
Yaounde
,
Cameroon
, 2 – 6 December 2003
DECLARATION OF
MAYORS AND LOCAL AUTHORITIES
The
mayors and Local Authorities that attended the Africities 3 Summit met in
Yaoundé on
06 December 2003
in Constituent General Assembly and took the following decisions:
- The
setting up of an Pan-African organization unifying the existing three
continental organizations, namely AULA, UCCLA and UVA. This
organization shall be called provisionally the
United
Cities
and Local Governments
of Africa, UCLGA.
2.
The setting up of a UCLGA Interim Management Council
made up of forty-five (45) members including the leaders of the three
continental groupings that are merging within the new organization, namely
AULA, UCCLA, UVA.
3.
The 45 members of the interim management committee
shall be designated as per integration sub-region based on the two
categories of members proposed by the world organization of united cities
and local governments, namely, the category of national associations of
local authorities, and the category of cities. The assembly also passed a
decision on the distribution of members of each category for each
integration sub-region (Northern Africa, West Africa, Central Africa, East
Africa and southern
Africa
). The designation of members of the interim management council falls
under the responsibility of national associations of cities and local
authorities of each of the integration sub-regions. A one month time-limit
has been set for each sub-region to forward the list of nominees and as
per category of members that will represent it within the UCLGA interim
management council.
4.
The elected Chair and Vice Chairs are as follows :
- Chair , Father Mkhatshwa, AULA Chairman
- First Vice-Chair,
Baddreddine Senoussi, UVA Secretary General
- Second Vice-Chair , Arthur H. Canana, UCCLA
Vice-Chairman
5.
The Assembly accepted the proposal of the Interim
Chairman to appoint Mr. Daby Diagne, as special advisor to the interim
management council.
6.
The Assembly received the proposal of the Delegation of
the
Kingdom
of
Morocco
and its government to host in
Rabat
the Headquarters of the new organization. The Assembly also approved
the proposal of the Interim Chairman to send as soon as possible to
Morocco
a technical assessment mission.
7.
Africa will speak with a single voice at the world
congress of united cities and local governments, scheduled to take place
in May 2004, under the umbrella of the
United
Cities
and Local Governments
of Africa, UCLGA. The UCLGA interim management council is in charge of
preparing the papers and of leading an African delegation to the World
Congress of May 2004 in
Paris
.
8.
The UCLGA interim management council is also in charge
of finalizing the constitution of the new organization, defining the
recruitment terms of personnel, and of taking a final decision on the name
of the new organization.
9.
Besides the interim management council should prepare
the congress that will mark the unification of the African movement of
local governments. Between now and the organization of this congress, the
continental organizations that will merge within the new Pan-African
organization will carry out their dissolution in accordance with their
respective statutes. The interim council should also seek technical and
financial assistance.
10.
The Assembly requested the MDP (East and West) to
fulfill a technical and institutional support role for the whole process.
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