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The Executive Council Union African Union, formally the Executive Council of Ministers of the Union, is one of the seven institutions of the African Union as described in the Constitutive Act of the African Union.
According to the Constitutive Act, the Executive Council is subordinate to the Assembly of the African Union. Somewhat akin to the European Council, the Council elects members to the Commission of the African Union, which is the Union's executive branch. Despite its name, the Executive Council has no executive power. Instead, the Council executes its policy through the Commission and various executive branches of its members states.
The Executive Council is constitutionally responsible for the following policy areas.
foreign trade;
energy, industry and mineral resources;
food, agricultural and animal resources, livestock production
forestry;
water resources and irrigation;
environmental protection, humanitarian action and disaster response and relief;
transport and communications;
insurance;
education, culture, health and human resources development;
science and technology;
nationality, residency and immigration matters;
social security, including the formulation of mother and child care policies, as well as policies relating to the disabled and
the handicapped;
establishment of a system of African awards, medals and prizes.
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