The Minister of Finance, Vera Daves de Sousa, announced on 14 July 2023 in Nairobi, that the African Union had, for the first time in its history, reached the record figure of 75 percent of contributions by its Member States to the organisation's ordinary budget for the year 2023, valued at 205 million US dollars.
Minister Vera Daves de Sousa's statements were made as she presented the Report of the Ministerial Committee on the Scale of Assessment and Contributions of this continental organisation to the Executive Council of the African Union, in her capacity as Chairperson of the said Committee.
The Report, presented for consideration and approval by the 43rd Ordinary Session of the Executive Council of the African Union by Minister Vera Daves de Sousa, addressed the situation of Member States' contributions to the regular budget and the Peace Fund of the African Union, highlighting the recommendation to adopt a multi-annual planning and budgeting model to enable Member States and international partners to plan their annual contributions and commitments to the budgets of the African Union.
Minister Vera Daves de Sousa, who was part of the Angolan delegation in Nairobi led by Ambassador Téte António, Minister of External Relations, emphasised in the report the results of the regional consultations on the new scale of assessment of the African Union for 2024/2026, although the current scale of assessment (2020/2023) will be maintained for application during the period mentioned above.
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