[This is the version of this document from 15 March 2014.]
CONSIDERING the contributions from Civil Society Group, Media and other stakeholders during the African Cultural day on the role, mandate and work of the Pan African Parliament (PAP) in the last ten years and vision for the future in the context of the African Union Agenda 2063;NOTING the concern of civil society Organizations on the transformation of PAP from a consultative to a legislative body;RECOGNIZING the need to forge strategic alliances with civil society Organizations in order to promote human rights, legislative reforms within the justice sector and media.CONVINCED that the issue of a one Africa one voice cannot happen without a borderless Africa;The Pan-African Parliament resolves to:(i)liaise with national umbrella Non-Governmental Organizations, Faith Based Organizations and media to ensure that citizens and constituents at national levels append their signatures to the petition for a continental legislative body and it is submitted to the Head of States and Governments in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea during the June/July 2014 AU Summit;(ii)ensure that campaigns for Treaty ratifications and domestication are prioritized, particularly the African Charter on Democracy Elections and Governance; African Union Convention on Preventing and Combating Corruption;(iii)prioritize support to the Advisory Board on Corruption members;(iv)establish a network of PAP MPs in the African Peer Review Mechanism to ensure that issues of oversight in the processes are addressed-through PAP’s role in the Country Review Missions, reviews of the Country Review Reports, and monitoring of the National Program of Actions as well as budgeting thereofDone in Midrand, 15 March 2014
