2 • AFRICAN YOUTH CHARTER Acknowledgements The African Union Commission wishes to express its deep appreciation to all its partners for their unconditional support, which gave birth to The African Youth Charter, especially the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) for their professional and technical commitment and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) for its financial and technical support. The Commission equally acknowledges with pride and satisfaction the inputs of the African Youth, the Youth Experts and African Ministers of Youth who scrutinized the draft Youth Charter before its adoption by the Executive Council at its 6th Ordinary Session in Banjul in June 2006.