The fourth ordinary session of the sixth legislature of the Pan-African Parliament (PAP) officially opened on Monday at the headquarters of the legislative institution in Johannesburg, in the presence of Moroccan deputies.
The Moroccan Parliament is represented at this new session of the PAP by Laila Dahi from the National Rally of Independents (RNI), Khadija Arouhal from the Party of Progress and Socialism (PPS), Abdessamad Haiker from the Justice and Development Party (PJD), Aydi Youssef from the Socialist Union of Popular Forces (USFP) and Hanaa Benkhair of the General Union of Workers of Morocco (UGTM).
At the opening of the proceedings, several parliamentarians from different countries were sworn in as new members of the PAP.
This new session takes place under the theme of the African Union for 2024: “Educating an African fit for the 21st century: building resilient education systems for increased access to inclusive and quality learning in Africa”.
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The program of this event includes, in particular, meetings of the Standing Committees and regional caucuses, meetings of the 6th Bureau, as well as the meeting of the Bureau with the African ambassadors in South Africa and the joint meeting of the PAP Bureau with the caucuses regional.
This new session of the PAP also includes a presentation on the state of the African Union (AU), discussions on the AU complementarity program, a presentation on the state of industrialization in Africa and the prospects for sustainable economic growth, debates on disaster administration and management in Africa and a presentation of the PAP five-year strategic plan 2024-2028.
The program also includes debates on the performance evaluation report of the Pan-African Parliament, a conference on women, debates on the postponement of the 2024 UN Future Summit, as well as the presentation and adoption of final resolutions and recommendations of this new session of the Pan-African legislative institution.
The PAP is a Consultative Assembly of the African Union which brings together deputies from member countries of the African Union. It was established under Article 5 of the Constitutive Act of the AU and officially installed on March 18, 2004.
Each member state is represented within the PAP by five parliamentarians from the majority and the opposition, including at least one woman, elected or designated by their national parliaments or legislative bodies.
The internal regulations of the Pan-African legislative institution stipulate that Parliament must hold at least two plenary sessions per year. During these sessions, the plenary reviews the reports of the various committees and makes recommendations to the Summit of African Heads of State and Government on the harmonization of policies and laws for the continent.
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