Assembly/AU/Dec.154 (VIII) DECISION ON THE 2 BUDGET OF THE AFRICAN UNION FOR 2007 The Assembly: 1. 2. 3. 2 TAKES NOTE of the Executive Council Decision EX.CL/Dec.340 (X) and the recommendations contained therein adjusted to include the following: - US$ 6, 406, 959 for the Pan African Parliament; and - US$ 2,373,750 for the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights. ADOPTS the budget of the African Union for the year 2007 amounting to US$132,988,152 million: • A total amount of US$96,711,152 million to be assessed to Member States on the basis of the approved Scale of Assessment; • US$36,277,000 million earmarked for specific programmes secured from Partners. APPRECIATES the efforts of the Commission in mobilizing resources from Partners and EXPRESSES ITS APPRECIATION for their support and collaboration to the African Union. Reservation entered by the Arab Republic of Egypt.