Assembly/AU/Dec.265(XIII) Page 1 DECISION ON MEMBER STATES CONTRIBUTIONS The Assembly, 1. TAKES NOTE of the recommendations of the Executive Council on Member States’ contributions; 2. CALLS ON Member States to pay their contributions in a timely manner; 3. REQUESTS the Commission to reduce the number of missions it undertakes in light of the global financial crisis; 4. ALSO REQUESTS the Commission to hold discussions with the Republic of Seychelles to work out a plan for the rescheduling of its arrears of contribution; 5. FURTHER REQUESTS the Commission to undertake consultations with all Member States affected by sanctions so as to find an acceptable solution with regard to payment of their arrears; 6. DECIDES that the temporary exemptions granted to Burundi and Sierra Leone from sanctions be maintained so long as they honour their agreed payment schedule and URGES these Member States to continue to comply with the agreed rescheduling plan; 7. REQUESTS the Commission to draw up an exhaustive inventory on the status of partners’ contributions to enable Member States to be appraised of the exact status of such contributions, the programmes financed and the amounts thereof; 8. ALSO REQUESTS the Executive Council to review the scale of the assessment of contributions by Member States in conformity with its Decision Ex/CL/Dec.223(VII) adopted by the Seventh Ordinary Session of the Executive Council in Sirte, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya in July 2005; 9. DECIDES to impose sanctions on the following Member States in accordance with Article 126 (a) of the Financial Rules and Regulations of the African Union: i.) Eritrea ii.) Democratic Republic of Congo iii.) Seychelles Adopted by the Thirteenth Ordinary Session of the Assembly in Sirte, Great Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya on 3 July 2009