Pan-African Parliament (PAP)

Pan-African Parliament, Gallagher Estate, Private Bag X16, Midrand 1685, South Africa

Phone : + 27 115455000 / Fax : + 27 115455136

Web site : www.pan-africanparliament.org

Expert : Dusty Lawrence Wolokolie

The Pan-African Parliament was established in March 2004, by Article 17 of The Constitutive Act of the African Union, as one of the nine Organs provided for in the Treaty Establishing the African Economic Community signed in Abuja , Nigeria , in 1991.

At present it exercises oversight, and has advisory and consultative powers, which will last for the first five years of its existence. Its 230 Parliamentary representitives are elected by the legislatures of the 46 AU states rather than being directly elected in their own capacity. They represent all the peoples of Africa.

The ultimate aim of the Pan-African Parliament is to evolve into an institution with full legislative powers, whose members are elected by universal adult suffrage.