Africa-Press – Angola. The 44th ordinary session of the Executive Council of the African Union (AU) entered, this Thursday, in Addis Ababa, its second day of work in the framework of the preparation of the 37th Summit of Heads of State and Government this weekend, in the Ethiopian capital.
After analyzing the report compiled by the Permanent Representatives Committee (COREP), the meeting is now examining the agenda items relating to African candidacies in the International System, the situation of the Pan-African Parliament (PAP) and institutional reforms, among others.
In addition to the election of 10 new members of the Peace and Security Council (PSC), participants are expected to address the constitution of the Panel of Eminent African Personalities to oversee the pre-selection process of candidates for membership of the AU Commission.
Also on the agenda are discussions on the operationalization of the AU Peace Fund, the amendment of the AU Convention on Preventing and Combating Corruption and the renewal of the mandates of the African Space Council.
Reports from ministerial committees on contributions and monitoring the implementation of Agenda 2063 are also among the items on the agenda.
The opening session was marked, on Wednesday, by the intervention of the president of the AU Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat, who urged the Executive Council to pay greater attention to the “worrying” situation of some specialized bodies of the AU, with emphasis on the Pan-African Parliament.
In his intervention, he defended the taking of urgent measures to improve the performance of these bodies, and the PAP in particular, with the elimination of the ambiguities identified in the provisions of the protocol of its creation, since 2004.
According to Moussa Mahamat, Member States must accelerate the ratification process of the Malabo Protocol, which aims to introduce the necessary changes that have been made impossible due to its non-entry into force.
He recalled that, 10 years after its adoption, only 16 States have ratified the document, which requires at least 28 ratifications for it to come into force.
He also considered it urgent to fill vacant positions within the PAP Assembly Bureau in order to allow the institution to function regularly.
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