Assembly of Heads of State and Government

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The Assembly of Heads of State and Government is the supreme decision-making body of the African Union, comprising the leaders of its member states who set the organization’s overall policies and priorities.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Assembly of Heads of State and Government canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf deliberative body ⓘ
organ of the African Union ⓘ
supreme decision-making body ⓘ
alsoKnownAs AU Assembly ⓘ
Assembly of the African Union ⓘ
canDelegatePowersTo Executive Council of the African Union ⓘ
canEstablish subsidiary organs of the African Union ⓘ
composedOf heads of government of African Union member states ⓘ
heads of state of African Union member states ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
decisionMakingMode consensus where possible ⓘ
two-thirds majority when consensus is not possible ⓘ
establishedBy Constitutive Act of the African Union ⓘ
hasChair Chairperson of the African Union ⓘ
hasMembership member states of the African Union ⓘ
hierarchicalLevel highest organ of the African Union ⓘ
languageOfWork Arabic ⓘ
English ⓘ
French ⓘ
Kiswahili ⓘ
Portuguese ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ
legalBasis Constitutive Act of the African Union ⓘ
locationOfMeetings various African Union member states ⓘ
mayHold extraordinary sessions ⓘ
meetsAtFrequency at least once a year ⓘ
partOf African Union ⓘ
precededBy Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the Organization of African Unity ⓘ
primaryFunction oversight of implementation of African Union decisions ⓘ
policy direction of the African Union ⓘ
regionServed Africa ⓘ
role adopts common positions of the African Union ⓘ
adopts treaties and legal instruments of the African Union ⓘ
coordinates common African positions in international fora ⓘ
decides on admission of new African Union member states ⓘ
decides on the budget of the African Union ⓘ
elects Commissioners of the African Union Commission ⓘ
elects the Chairperson of the African Union Commission ⓘ
elects the Deputy Chairperson of the African Union Commission ⓘ
monitors implementation of African Union policies ⓘ
provides guidance to other organs of the African Union ⓘ
provides political leadership for the African Union ⓘ
sets overall policies of the African Union ⓘ
sets strategic priorities of the African Union ⓘ
takes decisions on major issues facing the African Union ⓘ
sector intergovernmental politics ⓘ
supervises Executive Council of the African Union ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

AU Assembly → alsoKnownAs → Assembly of Heads of State and Government ⓘ
Charter of the Organization of African Unity → containsProvisionOn → Assembly of Heads of State and Government ⓘ
Organization of African Unity → hasPart → Assembly of Heads of State and Government ⓘ