Assembly/AU/Dec.642(XXIX) Page 4 Operating Expenses Staff Cost LRA - HRMOM - Sub-Total Peace Support Operations Grand Total 4. 1,461,205 8,806,508 Capital Expenses Sub-Total Operational - 1,461,205 - 1,461,205 - 8,806,508 - 8,806,508 Programs TOTAL 14,483,387 253,599,813 - 268,083,200 - 268,083,200 142,902,393 312,078,454 3,782,191 458,763,038 310,618,856 769,381,894 REQUESTS the Commission: i) to refer to the Peace and Security Council the funding gap of US$81,846,337 for AMISOM created due to a decision by the European Union to withdraw 20% of their annual funding; ii) to coordinate and oversee the budget process from all Organs before submission to the competent PRC Sub-Committee for scrutiny and endorsement; iii) to use a new format in preparing the AU budget which should be backed by a projection on future remittance of Member States and any other relevant information in accordance with the related Decisions adopted by the AU in order to facilitate the efficient consideration and adoption by Member States. 5. URGES the Commission to further improve and strengthen the budget process by introducing a budget that is focused on priorities along with establishing a mechanism to allow results based assessment and monitoring; 6. CALLS UPON the Commission to harmonize all allowances across all AU Organs and bring to the PRC for endorsement; 7. REQUESTS: i) the PRC at the fifth year of implementing Decision Assembly/AU/Dec.578(XXV), on the Scale of Assessment and Alternative Sources of Financing the African Union, to assess the level of the implementation of the latter and make the appropriate recommendations to the Executive Council with the objective to fund 100% of the Operational Budget, 75% of the Program Budget and 25% of the Peace Support Operations by 2020, with a view to aligning the implementation timeframe with the actual capacity of Member States to pay;