PROTOCOL TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING
THE AFRICAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY RELATING
TO THE PAN-AFRICAN PARLIAMENT
PREAMBLE
The Member States of the Organization of African Unity State Parties to the Treaty
Establishing the African Economic Community:
Bearing in mind the Sirte Declaration adopted at the Fourth Extraordinary Session of the
Assembly of Heads of State and Government held in the Great Socialist People’s Libyan Arab
Jamahiriya on 9.9.99 establishing the African Union and calling for the speedy establishment
of the institutions provided for in the Treaty establishing the African Economic Community
signed in Abuja, Nigeria, on 3 June, 1991 and the establishment of the Pan? African
Parliament by the year 2000;
Noting, in particular, the adoption by the Assembly of Heads of State and Government
meeting in its 36th Ordinary Session in Lome, Togo, from 10 to 12 July, 2000, of the
Constitutive Act of the African Union, thereby giving concrete expression to the common
vision of a united, integrated and strong Africa;
Further noting that the establishment of the Pan-Parliament is informed by a vision to
provide a common platform for African peoples and their grass-roots organizations to be
more involved in discussions and decision-making on the problems and challenges facing
the Continent.
Conscious of the imperative and urgent need to further consolidate the aspiration of the
African peoples for greater unity, solidarity and cohesion in a larger community
transcending cultural, ideological, ethnic, religious and national differences;
Considering the principles and objectives stated in the Charter of the Organization of African
Unity;
Further considering that Articles 7 and 14 of the Treaty establishing the African Economic
Community provide for a Pan-African Parliament of the Community, whose composition,
functions, powers and organization shall be defined in a related Protocol;