EX.CL/Dec.1031(XXXIV) Page 5 29. 30. iii) Ensure that the PAP Bureau abide strictly by its mandate and refrain from interfering with the day to day management of the operations of the Secretariat; iv) Refrain from undertaking any reform activity as the ongoing institutional reform process encompasses all Organs of the Union; v) Ensure that the PAP Secretariat abides by the relevant rules and regulations while implementing any decision of the PAP Bureau that carries financial implications; vi) Refrain from paying imprest for missions and abide by the AU Staff Regulations and Rules and AU Financial Rules and Regulations on DSA; vii) Strictly abide by the Union’s rules and regulations, as well as, its mandate as an advisory and consultative Organ of the Union. ALSO REQUESTS the Commission to: i) Take disciplinary and legal actions against the persons responsible for illegal payments including allowances, as per AU Financial Rules and Regulations and AU Staff Regulations and Rules; ii) Speed up the renewal process of the Host Agreement of PAP with the South African Government, in close collaboration with PAP; iii) Periodically audit all AU Organs and report on a regular basis to the Executive Council; FURTHER REQUESTS the same Board of External Auditors who did the PAP audit to complete their task by engaging and collecting additional information from other key stakeholders, who were not interviewed, including the host country, the other members of the PAP Bureau, the dismissed PAP clerk and other staff who were dismissed or resigned under unclear circumstances; and ALSO REQUESTS the same Auditors who audited the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights (AfCHPR) to complete the task that they started at the AfCHPR by carrying out interviews, including with the staff who might have left the Court under unclear circumstances; B. 31. OTHER AUDIT MATTERS: CALLS UPON AU Organs to adhere to AU Rules and Regulations pertaining to Financial and Human Resources Management, and DIRECTS as follows: i) AU Organs should not adopt or apply any rules that are not in line with the AU Constitutive Act, AU Financial Rules and Regulations, and Staff 34th Ordinary Session of the Executive Council, 7- 8 February 2019, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia