[This is the version of this document from 16 May 2019.]
THE PAN-AFRICAN PARLIAMENT,CONSIDERING Article 17 of the Constitutive Act of the African Union, which establishes the Pan-African Parliament (PAP) to ensure the full participation of the people of Africa in the development and economic integration of the continent;CONSIDERING also Article 3 of the Protocol to the Treaty Establishing the African Economic Community Relating to the Pan-African Parliament, and Rule 4 (a) of the Rules of Procedure of the Pan-African Parliament, which empowers the PAP to facilitate the implementation of policies, objectives and programmes of the African Union and to oversee their effective implementation;TAKING NOTE of the terminal report of the Committee on Audit and Public Accounts, May 2019, including the recommendations formulated therein, as well as the various observations made by the PAP Members during the Plenary discussions;NOTING WITH CONCERN the general and financial maladministration reported in the 2018 African Union Board of External Auditors Report on the Factual Findings on the Operations of the Pan-African Parliament as confirmed by the May 2019 Report the Committee on Audit and Public Accounts;NOTING WITH CONCERN ALSO the continued lack of implementation of several audit recommendations previously made by the external auditors, the AU Board of External Auditors as well as the Committee on Audit and Public Accounts;IN ACCORDANCE WITH Rule 5(b), (c) and (d) of the Rules of Procedure of the Pan-African Parliament, which empowers the PAP to, inter alia, organize debate, discuss, express an opinion, make recommendations and take resolutions on the objectives and on any matters relating to the African Union and its organs, Regional Economic Communities, Member States and their organs and institutions;NOW HEREBY RESOLVES to:1.ADOPT the terminal report of the Committee on Audit and Public Accounts, May 2019 and all the recommendations formulated therein;2.URGE the Bureau of the Pan-African Parliament to take urgent action, including disciplinary measures regarding incidents of general and financial maladministration reported in the Report of the Committee on Audits and Public Accounts;3.REQUEST the Bureau to ensure that all audit recommendations are effectively dealt with and;4.COMMEND the Committee on Audits and Public Accounts for its 2018 terminal Report and RENEW its unwavering support to its activities.Adopted at Midrand, South Africa on 16 May 2019.
