11 February 2025– Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: H.E. Ambassador Marie-Antoinette Rose Quatre, CEO of the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM), led a delegation to the Statutory Technical and Political Meetings of the African Governance Architecture – African Peace and Security Architecture (AGA-APSA) Platform, held on 10 to 11 February 2025 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The meetings, held on the margins of the African Union Assembly of Heads of State and Government, provided a platform for the AGA-APSA members to plan flagship activities for 2025, to review the implementation of outcomes from 2024, as well as to enhance synergy and coordination among platform members and engage with partners.
During the Political Meeting, Ambassador Rose Quatre participated in a high-level panel discussion under the theme: “Sudan’s Costly War - Towards a Peaceful Resolution: How Can Relevant AU Organs, Institutions, RECs and RMs improve Coordinated interventions?” In his remarks, H.E. Ambassador Bankole Adeoye, Commissioner for PAPS at the African Union Commission (AUC) and Rapporteur of the AGA-APSA Platform at the political level, emphasised that a lasting solution to Sudan’s protracted conflict must be found, as the AU has been actively involved in the country and the various dimensions of the conflict are well-known.
Honourable Chief Fortune Z. Charumbira, President of the Pan-African Parliament, also highlighted the importance of AU structures taking meaningful, results-oriented actions in their interventions in Sudan.
In her intervention, H.E. Ambassador Rose Quatre highlighted that both the APRM Country Review Report of 2017 and APRM Governance Gap Analysis of Sudan (2020) identified significant governance deficits in Sudan. She pointed out, however, that the lack of a sustained, coordinated approach by the AU and Regional Economic Communities (RECs) has contributed to the current untenable situation despite various interventions by different entities and structures, the conflict in Sudan continues.
H.E. Rose Quatre called for an urgent review of how the AU and RECs need to intervene to support the country in entrenching democracy and good governance – which are essential pillars for sustainable development and peace. She stressed the importance of pairing early warning systems with early actions and called on AU Policy Organs to provide additional financial resources for the promotion of good governance across Africa. This, she noted, would be critical to accelerating the realisation of AU Agenda 2063.
About the APRM: The African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) is an autonomous entity of the African Union, established in 2003. It functions as a voluntary self-monitoring tool for African Union Member States, aimed at promoting and strengthening governance in four thematic areas: Democracy and Political Governance, Economic Governance, Corporate Governance, and Socio-Economic Development.
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