1. Para 23 ‘Report of the first extraordinary session of the Asembly of the African Union (3 February 2003)’ AU doc EX/Assembly/Rpt (I) (Hereafter report of the first AU Assembly extraordinary session)
2. The summit was attended by all 51 AU member states except Seychelles. Guinea Bissau and Madagascar, which are not AU members as they have not ratified the AU Act, did not attend the summit. See para 2 of the report of the first AU Assembly extraordinary session.
3. Para 23 of the report of the first AU Assembly extraordinary session.
4. It should be noted that this amendment is not new in strict sense since a protocol establishing the PSC was adopted by the 1st ordinary session of the AU Assembly meeting from 9–10 July 2002 in Durban, South Africa. As of 10 February 2003 only Algeria had ratified the PSC Protocol. See para 83 ‘Report of the interim chairperson of the Commission on the status of AU treaties’ AU Doc EX/CL/14 (II).
5. AHG/Dec.140(XXXV).