Resolution on the establishment of the PAP Alliance on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

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African Regional Bodies · African Union (AU)
Regional Body / Author
Pan-African Parliament
Date
18 May 2017
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Resolution
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Resolution on the establishment of the PAP Alliance on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

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 empower the PAP to facilitate the implementation of policies, objectives and programmes of the African Union and to oversee their effective implementation;NOTING the report of the PAP’s Committee on Rural Economy, Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environment on the “Brainstorming Session on the Monitoring of the Sustainable Development Goals: Role of Parliaments” held in Midrand, Republic of South Africa on 09 March 2017;ACKNOWLEDGING that the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals echo with the African Union Agenda 2063 and that they constitute an effective tool for addressing Africa’s peace, stability and development challenges;ACKNOWLEDGING further the vital role which the Pan-African Parliament and its various Committees as well as National Parliaments can play in advancing and monitoring progress towards achieving the SDGs, in particular through law-making and policy oversight on the Executive;IN ACCORDANCE WITH Rule 5 (d) and Rule 85 of the Rules of Procedure of the Pan-African Parliament;
NOW HEREBY RESOLVES:
1.The PAP Alliance on the Sustainable Development Goals is hereby established.
2.The PAP Alliance on SDGs shall have the status of a thematic caucus in accordancewith Rule 85 of the Rules of Procedure and be composed of Members designated by PAP Permanent Committees with a mandate that is relevant to Sustainable Development Goals;
3.The organization and functioning of the Alliance shall be regulated pursuant to the relevant provisions applicable to Caucuses of the Pan-African Parliament;
4.The PAP Alliance on SDGs shall have an Executive Committee composed of Members representing and designated by all relevant Permanent Committees;
5.The Executive Committee will elect a Bureau in which all represented Committees shall seat under the leadership of the Committee on Rural Economy, Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environment.
Adopted at Midrand, South Africa18 May 2017
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