Assembly/AU/Draft/Dec.527(XXIII) Page 1 DECISION ON THE INTEGRATION OF THE APRM INTO THE AFRICAN UNION Doc. EX.CL/851(XXV) The Assembly, 1. TAKES NOTE of the Report of the APRM Forum on the Integration of the APRM into the African Union structures; 2. DECIDES that the APRM shall be an autonomous entity within the AU system; 3. REQUESTS the African Union Commission and the APRM Secretariat to consult on the practical modalities involved in the integration of the APRM into the African Union system, taking into account the fact that: i) it is a voluntary organisation of AU Member States; ii) it exercises autonomy in its financial and budgetary processes; iii) its legal personality, structure, administrative, human resources and financial management shall be based on the standard procedures of the African Union system.