DECISION ON THE ANNUAL REPORT OF THE COMMISSION FOR 2013
Doc. EX.CL/803(XXIV)
The Executive Council,
1. TAKES NOTE of the Annual Report of the Commission and COMMENDS the Chairperson of the Commission and her team for spearheading the programmes and activities of the African Union as well as the rich comments and observations of Member States on the same;
2. ENCOURAGES the Commission to pursue its efforts, in collaboration with Member States, Regional Economic Communities and other relevant Stakeholders, including the Civil Society, in addressing the key issues identified in the Report towards the achievement of the targets set in the Strategic Plan 2014-2017, the follow up of the Solemn Declaration on the 50th Anniversary outcomes; the adoption of Africa Agenda 2063 framework and the post 2015 Development Agenda, the coordination of activities linked to the Year of Agriculture and Food Security as well as the operationalization of the Africa Peace and Security Architecture (APSA),the continued support to Member States in conflict situations; the AU Flagship Projects, including PIDA, CAADP, Pan African University, CARMMA, the Pharmaceutical Plan, Solemn Declaration on Gender Equality in Africa (SDGEA); the Youth Policy, the Integration deepening as well as the promotion of the Defence of Africa’s strategic interests on the world scene;
3. CALLS UPON Member States to support the programmes and activities of the Commission by timely paying up their assessed contributions and providing the relevant information on the implementation of the legal instruments and decisions of the Union as well as through contributing to the development and mobilization of additional domestic and innovative resources, including the AU Foundation as approved by the 22nd Ordinary Session of the Assembly for these resources to enable the AU to fulfil its Strategic Plan without over depending on external resources;
4. STRESSES the need for the Commission, Member States, RECs and other relevant stakeholders to devise ways and means of building on the rich outcomes of the recently concluded Ministerial Retreat in Bahar Dar, Ethiopia held from 24 to 26 January 2014 with a view to coming up with concrete recommendations on the development of Agenda 2063 and mobilisation of requisite resources in the Continent to achieve its targets in the spirit of full ownership and accountability;
5. CONGRATULATES Madagascar and the newly democratically elected president and salutes Madagascar for the regaining of its seat in the African Union after having fulfilled all the conditions for return to constitutional order.