DECISION
ON THE REPORT OF THE AFRICAN UNION ADVISORY
BOARD ON CORRUPTION
Doc. EX.CL/925(XXVII)
The Executive Council,
1. TAKES NOTE of the report of the African Union Advisory Board on Corruption (AUABC) and the recommendations contained therein, as well as, the observations and comments of Member States;
2. WELCOMES the offer of the United Republic of Tanzania to build a new headquarters for the Board;
3. CALLS UPON Member States that have not ratified and signed the Convention on Preventing and Combating Corruption in Africa to do so;
4. ENCOURAGES the AUABC
i) to pursue its efforts to resuscitate the activities of the board in order to promote the effective implementation of the AU Convention on Preventing and Combating Corruption in Africa;
ii) to closely interact and collaborate with all concerned anti-corruption Organs and Mechanisms at the national and regional levels to reflect on the effects of corruption and ill-gotten assets on the Continent, and share experiences, including making using information contained in the Report of the High Level Panel on Illicit Financial Flows (IFF) towards the effective implementation of Assembly Special Declaration on IFF and submit a report to the Executive Council with concrete proposals to combat corruption on the Continent;
5. DIRECTS that all administrative, structural and financial matters raised in the report be submitted to the AU competent Organs through the established channels and procedures;
6. STRESSES the need to equip the AUABC with requisite human and financial resources to enable it carry out its mandate;
7. RECALLS the need for all concerned stakeholders to ensure equitable regional and gender representation at all AU Organs, in line with the previous decisions of the Assembly in this regard.