Decision on the Report of the Sub-Committee on Contributions

Jurisdiction
African Regional Bodies · African Union (AU)
Citation
EX.CL/Dec.3 (II)
Regional Body / Author
Executive Council of the African Union
Date
6 March 2003
Language
English
Type
Decision

DECISION ON THE REPORT OF THE SUB-COMMITTEE

ON CONTRIBUTIONS - Doc. EX.CL/7(II)

The Executive Council:

  1. TAKES NOTE of the Report;

  2. CONGRATULATES Member States which are up-to-date with their contributions;

  3. URGES all Member States to honour their financial commitments to the Union;

  4. DECIDES that:

  1. the Sub-Committee should consider, in the light of the arrears of contribution, whether the seven month period (1 June - 31 December 2002) should be regarded as a full fiscal year or not;

  2. the Commission should prepare the terms of reference of the Credentials Committee bearing in mind the mandate of the small team set up by the Council in Durban in July 2002;

  3. the Member States listed hereunder remain under sanctions:

  • Guinea Bissau

  • Liberia

Niger

  • Central African Republic

  • Democratic Republic of Congo

  • Sao Tome and Principe

  • Seychelles

  • Sierra Leone

  • Somalia

  • Union of the Comoros

  1. Member States which present rescheduling plans should comply with such plans, while paying their contributions under the current fiscal year;

  2. A small team composed of members of the Sub-Committee and the Commission be sent to the countries under sanctions, which are not represented in Addis Ababa, to encourage them to honour their financial commitments to the Union so as to be able to participate actively in its activities;

  3. The Sanctions on defaulting Member States should continue to be applied.

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