Decision on the Supplementary Budget for the 2017 Financial Year


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 Lome, 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 Communique 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.

SUMMARY OF SUPPLEMENTARY BUDGET FOR 2017

Office/Departments

Member States

Partners

Total

Operational

Programs

Total

Programs

Operational

Programs

Total

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) 0African 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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