NEPAD/HSGIC/03-2003/APRM/MOU 09 March 2003 GENERAL PROVISIONS 27. All procedures to be adopted under the African Peer Review Mechanism shall be consistent with the decisions and procedures of the African Union. 28. Any differences relating to the interpretation or implementation of this MOU shall be resolved by negotiation between the parties concerned. 29. The MOU may be amended at any time by mutual consent of all participating States upon the written request by any participating State. 30. Member States of the African Union wishing to accede to the African Peer Review Mechanism shall sign the MOU and deposit the signed document at the NEPAD Secretariat, Midrand, South Africa. 31. The African Peer Review Mechanism shall start to be operational on the day on which the fifth Member State of the African Union has deposited the signed document. 32. A participating State may terminate its participation in African Peer Review Mechanism by giving written notice to this effect to the NEPAD Secretariat, which in turn will inform the participating States in writing. The effective date of termination will be six months after the receipt of the termination notice. 33. The Secretariat of the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD Secretariat) shall, in the interim, act as the Secretariat of the African Peer Review Mechanism (APR Secretariat) until the latter is established. Page 6 of 7