27 January 2017 Addis Ababa, ETHIOPIA DECISIONS

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by  Angela Udoh

AFRICAN UNION UNION AFRICAINE

UNIÃO AFRICANA

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia P. O. Box 3243 Telephone: [phone] Fax: [phone]
Website: www.au.int

EXECUTIVE COUNCIL
Thirtieth Ordinary Session
25 - 27 January 2017
Addis Ababa, ETHIOPIA

EX.CL/Dec.939 - 964(XXX)

DECISIONS
EX.CL/Dec.939-964(XXX)
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TABLE OF CONTENT
NO. REFERENCE TITLE NO. OF
PAGES
1 EX.CL/Dec.939(XXX) Decision on the Supplementary Budget for the 2
2016 Financial Year - Doc. PRC/Rpt.(XXXIII)
2 EX.CL/Dec.940(XXX) Decision on the Supplementary Budget for the 2
2017 Financial Year - Doc. PRC/Rpt.(XXXIII)

3 EX.CL/Dec.941(XXX) Decision on Audit Matters - Doc. 2
EX.CL/992(XXX)iii

4 EX.CL/Dec.942(XXX) Decision on Africa’s Strategic Partnerships - 4
Doc. EX.CL/992(XXX)iv

5 EX.CL/Dec.943(XXX) Decision on the 2016 Annual Report of the 3
Chairperson of the AU Commission - Doc.
EX.CL/994(XXX)

6 EX.CL/Dec.944(XXX) Decision on the 2018 Draft Budget Framework 1
Paper

7 EX.CL/Dec.945(XXX) Decision on the Ninth Joint Annual Meetings of 1
the African Union STC on Finance, Monetary
Affairs, Economic Planning and Integration and
the United Nations Economic Commission for
Africa Conference of Ministers of Finance,
Planning and Economic Development, Addis
Ababa, Ethiopia, 4-5 April 2016 - Doc.
EX.CL/995(XXX)

8 EX.CL/Dec.946(XXX) Decision on the Draft Legal Instruments Doc. 1
EX.CL/1013(XXX)

9 EX.CL/Dec.947(XXX) Decision on the Relocation of the Secretariat of 1
the African Committee of Experts on the Rights
and Welfare of the Child (ACERWC)
Doc. EX.CL/997(XXX)

10 EX.CL/Dec.948(XXX) Decision on the Activities of the African 1
Commission on Human and People’s Rights
(ACHPR) - Doc. EX.CL/998(XXX)

11 EX.CL/Dec.949(XXIX) Decision on the 2016 Activity Report of the 2
African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights
Doc. EX.CL/999(XXX)

12 EX.CL/Dec.950(XXX) Decision on holding an Extraordinary Session of 1
the Pan-African Parliament
EX.CL/Dec.939-964(XXX)
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NO. REFERENCE TITLE NO. OF
PAGES
13 EX.CL/Dec.951(XXX) Decision on the Report of the African Union 1
Advisory Board on Corruption - Doc.
EX.CL/1000(XXX)

14 EX.CL/Dec.952(XXX) Decision on the Activity Report of the African 1
Risk Capacity Agency of the African Union
(ARC Agency) - Doc. EX.CL/1001(XXX)

15 EX.CL/Dec.953(XXX) Decision on the Outcome of the 5th Retreat of 2
the Executive Council held in Addis Ababa
Ethiopia on 8 and 9 December 2016 - Doc.
EX.CL/1003(XXX)

16 EX.CL/Dec.954(XXX) Decision on the Holding of the TICAD VI 1
Ministerial Follow-up Meeting in 2017

17 EX.CL/Dec.955(XXX) Decision on the Date of the 5th Africa-EU 1
Summit in 2017

18 EX.CL/Dec.956(XXX) Decision on Universal Access to Immunization 2
as a Cornerstone for Health and Development in
Africa - Doc. EX.CL/1002(XXX)Add.1

19 EX.CL/Dec.957(XXX) Decision on Promotion and Protection of African 1
Investments to Sustain Investment in the youth -
Doc. EX.CL/1002(XXX)Add.2

20 EX.CL/Dec.958(XXX) Decision on African Candidatures within the 3
International System - Doc. EX.CL/1004(XXX)

21 EX.CL/Dec.959(XXX) Decision on the Candidature of Dr. Tedros 1
Adhanom Ghebreyesus to the Post of Director
General of the World Health Organization

22 EX.CL/Dec.960(XXX) Decision on the 11th Reports on the 1
Implementation of the Solemn Declaration on
Gender Equality in Africa (SDGEA) - Doc.
EX.CL/1008(XXX)

23 EX.CL/Dec.961(XXX) Decision on the Election of Two (2) Judges of 1
the African Court on Human and Peoples’
Rights - Doc. EX.CL/1010(XXX)

24 EX.CL/Dec.962(XXX) Decision on the Election of Eleven (11) 1
Members of the African Union Advisory Board
on Corruption - Doc. EX.CL/1011(XXX)
EX.CL/Dec.939-964(XXX)
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NO. REFERENCE TITLE NO. OF
PAGES
25 EX.CL/Dec.963(XXX) Decision on the Election of one (1) Member of 1
the African Union Commission on International
Law – Doc. EX.CL/1012(XXX)

26 EX.CL/Dec.964(XXX) Decision on the Election of the Commissioners 1
of the African Union – Doc. EX.CL/1009(XXX)
EX.CL/Dec.939(XXX)
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DECISION ON THE SUPPLEMENTARY BUDGET
FOR THE 2016 FINANCIAL YEAR
Doc. PRC/Rpt (XXXIII)

The Executive Council,

1. TAKES NOTE of the Report of the Permanent Representatives’ Committee on the
issue of the Supplementary Budget, ENDORSES the recommendations contained
therein and REQUESTS the Commission to implement them;

2. CALLS UPON the Commission to adopt new budgeting modalities in order to
prepare budgets that conform to resource mobilization realities and are results
based;

3. ALLOWS the Commission to realign the budget at midpoint of the financial year so
that issues of underperformance can be addressed in light of resource mobilization
limitations;

4. APPROVES a Supplementary Budget amounting to US$ 36,096,491 of which US$
1,527,240 is for operating expenses and US$ 34,569,251 for Programmes, to be
financed as follows:

i) Operating budget of US$ 1,527,240 to be financed with Member States funds

ii) Programme budget of US$ 34,569,251 with US$ 129,839 to come from
Member States and US$ 34,439,412 from Partners.

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SUMMARY OF SUPPLEMENTARY BUDGET FOR 2016

Member States Partners Total
Office/Departments
Programs Total Programs Operational Programs Total
Operational

PEACE AND SECURITY 21,089 21,089 25,842,304 - 25,863,393 25,863,393

SOCIAL AFFAIRS - 1,684,769 - 1,684,769 1,684,769

MEDICAL CENTER - 1,982,052 - 1,982,052 1,982,052

AHRM 494,199 38,750 532,949 564,190 494,199 602,940 1,097,139

BUREAU OF THE CHAIRPERSON - 1,220,000 - 1,220,000 1,220,000
RURAL ECONOMY AND
AGRICULTURE 70,000 70,000 638,373 - 708,373 708,373

HRST - 678,291 - 678,291 678,291

PAP 445,000 445,000 445,000 - 445,000

BUREAU OF THE DCP 94,241 94,241 360,000 94,241 360,000 454,241

COURT - 428,865 - 428,865 428,865

POLITICAL AFFAIRS - 165,000 - 165,000 165,000

AOSTI 13,000 13,000 13,000 - 13,000
INFRASTRUCTURE AND
ENERGY - 294,994 - 294,994 294,994

CIDO - 169,618 - 169,618 169,618

WOMEN AND GENDER - 150,000 - 150,000 150,000

PBFA - 125,955 - 125,955 125,955

SARO - Regional Office Lilongwe - 80,000 - 80,000 80,000
NEW YORK - REGIONAL OFFICE
** 473,000 473,000 473,000 - 473,000

LEGAL COUNSEL - 55,000 - 55,000 55,000

PANVAC 7,800 7,800 7,800 - 7,800

Total Request 1,527,240 129,839 1,657,079 34,439,412 1,527,240 34,569,251 36,096,491

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DECISION ON THE SUPPLEMENTARY BUDGET
FOR THE 2017 FINANCIAL YEAR
Doc. PRC/Rpt(XXXIII)

The Executive Council,

1. TAKES NOTE of Assembly Decision Ext/Assembly/AU/Dec.1 (VI) adopted during
the Extraordinary Summit held on 15 October 2016 in Lomé, Togo, which adopted
the Charter on Maritime; requesting the Commission to take all necessary
measures to convene Extraordinary Sessions of the relevant Specialized Technical
Committees (STCs) which were not involved in the elaboration process of the
Charter, namely: the STCs on Trade, and Industry and Minerals, STC on Transport,
Transcontinental and Interregional Infrastructures, Energy and Tourism, STC on
Finance, Monetary Affairs, Economic Planning and Integration and any other
relevant STCs so as to enable them to consider issues falling within their respective
mandates and submit their contributions to the Charter, in the form of annexes, to
the Assembly for consideration in July 2017;

2. ALSO TAKES NOTE of the relevant provisions of the Communiqué on the issues
related to accountability of the African Union Peace and Security Council (PSC) that
met at its 547th Session at the level of Heads of State and Government in New
York, USA, on 26 September 2015 which agreed to the recommendations of the
African Union Commission of Inquiry on South Sudan (AUCISS), wherein Council
agreed to that the AU Commission should establish an independent hybrid judicial
court, the Hybrid Court of South Sudan (HCSS), in accordance with Chapter V
(3.1.1) of the Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in South Sudan
(ARCISS), reached by the South Sudanese parties, as an African-led and Africa-
owned legal mechanism.

3. APPROVES an amount of US$ 6,901,902 for the 2017 Supplementary budget
detailed as follows:

i) The Charter on Maritime Security and Safety and development in Africa of
US$ 607,952 to be financed by Member States;

ii) The Hybrid Court of South Sudan (HCSS) of US$ 1,332,969 to be financed
by Partners;

iii) The AU-IBAR’s Programs on strengthening the capacity of African countries
to conserve Animal Genetic Resources; Implementation of Strategic Plan
and African pesticides data generation, amounting to US$ 4,960,981 to be
financed by Partners.

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SUMMARY OF SUPPLEMENTARY BUDGET FOR 2017

Member States Partners Total
Office/Departments

Programs Total Programs Operational Programs Total
Operational

Legal Counsel (1) Maritime 607,952 607,952 - 607,952 607,952
(2) Establishment of Hybrid
Court) - 1,332,969 - 1,332,969 1,332,969

IBAR (1) Animal Genetic Resources - 4,254,100 - 4,254,100 4,254,100

(2) Implement the Strategic Plan - 500,000 - 500,000 500,000
(3) ØAfrican Pesticides Data
Generation - 206,881 - 206,881 206,881

- - - - -

Total 607,952 607,952 6,293,950 - 6,901,902 6,901,902

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DECISION ON AUDIT MATTERS
Doc. EX.CL/992(XXX)iii

The Executive Council,

1. TAKES NOTE of the Report of the PRC Sub-Committee on Audit Matters and,
ENDORSES the recommendations contained therein;

ON THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF THE AU ORGANS AND AGENCIES FOR
THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2015

2. CALLS UPON each of the AU organs (i.e. African Union Commission-AUC, Pan
African Parliament-PAP, NEPAD Planning and Coordinating Agency-NPCA,
African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights-AfCHPR, African Commission for
Human and Peoples’ Rights ACHPR, and African Union Advisory Board on
Corruption-AUABC) to:

i) address the issues raised under their respective Audited Financial Reports;

ii) ensure that corrective actions are undertaken to resolve the weaknesses
observed by the AU Board of External Auditors (BOEA); and

iii) prepare a roadmap on the implementation of IPSAS to ensure full
compliance by the year 2018 as per the International Public Sector
Accounting Standards (IPSAS) requirements.

3. REQUESTS the Commission to:

i) publish the 2015 Audited and Approved Financial Statements on the AU
website in compliance with IPSAS requirements; and

ii) report on the implementation of this decision during the AU Summit of July
2017.

ON THE AUDIT OF AU GENERAL & RESERVE FUND AS AT 31ST DECEMBER 2015

4. DIRECTS the Commission to address the issues raised by the PRC including the
following:

i) Address the issues raised in the audit report and implement the
recommendations accordingly;

ii) Undertake, annually, a complete audit of the two abovementioned Funds
and report to the PRC through its Sub-Committee on Audit Matters
accordingly;

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iii) Always submit requests for approval to PRC before passing payments to the
General and Reserve Funds as per the requirements of the AU Financial
Rules and Regulations.

5. DIRECTS the AU organs to ensure implementation of the Matrix on
Implementation of Audit Recommendations in line with Decision EX.CL/Dec.
877(XXVII) adopted by the Executive Council;

6. DIRECTS the AU Board of External Auditors to carry out a complete audit of the
General and Special Funds for the period 2009-2015 and submit a report to the
Executive Council through the PRC;

7. ALSO DIRECTS the AU Board of External Auditors to:

i) conduct an investigation on the irregularities identified in the audit report of
the General and Reserve Funds (2009-2015) with a view to establishing
responsibilities;

ii) investigate the culprits of financial mismanagement and make appropriate
recommendations for consideration by the Executive Council through the
PRC;

8. FURTHER DIRECTS the Commission to report on the implementation of this
decision during the next Session in July 2017;

ON THE AUDIT OF COMMISSION BUDGET PERFORMANCE FOR THE PERIOD 1
JANUARY - 30 JUNE 2016

9. DIRECTS the Commission to address the issues raised by the PRC including the
following matters:

i) Implementation of the decision on financing the Union should be pursued
vigorously for funding the Union’s programmes to ensure availability and
predictability of funds;

ii) Engage Partners on Overall Programme Budget Support to the Union rather
than financing of individual projects and/or budget lines;

iii) Put in place effective systems and measures to improve budget execution
and performance;

iv) Strictly comply with the AU Financial Rules and Regulations with regards to
approval of supplementary budget.

10. URGES Member States to honour their assessed contributions in a timely
manner to enable the Commission implement its projects effectively and
efficiently;
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