Meeting of Experts and Parliamentarians on the Draft Protocol Establishing the Pan-African Parliament

"The decision to establish a Pan-African Parliament underscores the undiminished and unflagging determination to ensure that the problems of our Continent are a matter of concern not only to the political leaders but also all Africans. Indeed, these problems - whether of poverty and under-development in general, the external debt, the environment, internal conflicts and wars, refugees, humanitarian disasters, the AIDS pandemic or other resurgent diseases - entail the collective response and action of governments, individuals, non-governmental organizations and civil society at large, acting towards the same objective." - Dr. Salim, November 7, 2000