EX.CL/Dec.1038(XXXIV) Page 1 DECISION ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE CONTINENTAL OPERATIONAL CENTRE ON HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND SMUGGLING OF MIGRANTS IN KHARTOUM Doc. EX.CL/1122(XXXIV) The Executive Council, 1. TAKES NOTE of the Report of the Commission on the establishment of the Continental Operational Centre on Human Trafficking and Smuggling of Migrants in Khartoum; 2. RECOMMENDS to the Assembly to endorse the establishment of the Continental Operational Centre in Khartoum for Combatting Irregular Migration as a specialized technical office of the AU for combatting irregular migration, specifically human trafficking and migrant smuggling on the Continent; 3. REQUESTS the Commission to: i) prepare the governing legal instrument of the Centre through the established procedure; ii) submit the structural, financial and legal implications to the relevant subcommittees for assessment prior to submission of same to the Executive Council for consideration and decision; and iii) expedite the conclusion of the Host Agreement of the Centre with the Republic of Sudan. 34th Ordinary Session of the Executive Council, 7- 8 February 2019, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia