Ministerial Report of the Sixth Ordinary Session of the Specialized Technical Committee (STC) on Agriculture, Rural Development, Water and Environment 21-24 October 2025

The African Union Assembly of Heads of State and Government adopted the configuration of the Specialized Technical Committees (STCs) and the modalities of their operationalization (Assembly/AU/Dec.227 (XII) and Assembly/ AU/Dec.365 (XVII) in January 2009 and July 2011 respectively, as Organs of the Union in accordance with Article 5 (1) (g) of the Constitutive Act. One of the Specialized Technical Committees that was established is the Specialized Technical Committee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Water and Environment (ARDWE).