Hard News on Committee Session #2

Funding Sources for African Union Public Service Obligation

Discussing The External and Internal Fund for African Union Public Service Obligation, in the second committee session, Delegate of Niger stating that the African Union should not rely fully on internal funding, considering African countries condition and ensure that the contribution will not burdensome that can lead to sanctioning. In this case, though African member states have agreed to resource the African Union in a reliable and predictable manner since its creation, they only contributed approximately 27% of the spent budget in 2017. Delegate of Niger concludes that both external and internal funding are needed but the amount of contribution is not apple to apple, for example, 60% of Niger contribution is equal to 5% of France contribution.

The topic above leads the Delegate of Uganda in raising a motion about The Alternative Sources of African Union Public Service Obligation. In regards to this topic, the Delegate of Egypt does not agree with the dangerous notion of relying on external funding such as IMF by Somalia. Furthermore, they also talked about how sanctions are implemented based on the three-stage sanction and how South Sudan was barred from attending any meetings in 2020. Lastly, South Sudan reminding other delegates that funding is not the only problem that they are facing, there are also conflicts on the lack of coordination and the SEA violations.