EX.CL/Dec.1048(XXXIV) Page 1 DECISION ON THE ACTIVITY REPORT OF THE AFRICAN RISK CAPACITY AGENCY Doc. EX.CL/1131(XXXIV) The Executive Council, 1. TAKES NOTE of the Activity Report of the African Risk Capacity (ARC) Agency; 2. ENCOURAGES African regional institutions, as well as regional and international development partners, to extend necessary support, enhance synergy, and collaborate with the ARC to achieve its mandate of improving responses to natural disasters on the Continent; 3. CALLS ON Member States to hasten the pace of ratification of the Agreement for the establishment of the ARC Agency; 4. REQUESTS interested Member States to submit their offers on the hosting of the ARC Agency and ARC Ltd to the ARC Secretariat on or before the deadline of 26 April 2019; 5. ALSO REQUESTS ARC to submit a Progress Report on the Implementation of this Decision and its Annual Activity Report to the 36th Ordinary Session of the Executive Council in February 2020. 34th Ordinary Session of the Executive Council, 7- 8 February 2019, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia