43rd Ordinary Session of the AU Permanent Representatives’ Committee kicks off January 20

The Forty Third (43^rd) Ordinary Session of the Permanent Representatives Committee (PRC) of the African Union (AU) will hold virtually from 20 to 21 January 2022 under the theme of the year: “Building resilience in nutrition on the African continent: Accelerate the Human Capital, Social and Economic Development’.

The PRC Session will be held through videoconference, the Opening ceremony will be held virtually on 20 January 2022, 10:00.am The opening ceremony will include among others, a statement by the Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC) and statement by the Chairperson of the Permanent Representatives’ Committee (PRC).

The PRC Session will consider different reports including:

v  Report of the 4^th Ordinary Session of the STC on Agriculture, Rural Development, Water, and Environment (ARDWE);

v  Report of the 4^th Ordinary Session of the STC on Finance, Monetary Affairs, Economic Planning, and Integration, Report of the 2^nd Extraordinary Session of the STC on Finance;

v  Report of the 3^rd Ordinary Session of the STC on Trade, Industry and Minerals;

v  Progress Report on Ratification of the Treaty to establish the African Medicine Agency;

v  Activity Report of the African Court on Human and People’s Rights; and

v  The Combined 50^th and 51^st Activity Report of the African Commission on Human and People’s Rights.

The Session will also consider draft agenda and draft decisions of the 40^th Ordinary Session of the Executive Council and agenda of the 35^th Ordinary Session of the AU Assembly, scheduled to take place 2 - 3 and 5 - 6 February 2022 respectively.

The PRC is made up of the Ambassadors of the African Union Member States to the AU.