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The overall financial situation of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) has not improved, despite efforts to make resources available, officials said. An OAU council of ministers meeting in Addis Ababa this week reviewed the organisation’s financial and administrative matters and observed that for the second successive year, contributions had been less than half the total assessment required. “This implies that by the month of January this year, only nine member states had made their contributions in full for the current budget season,” OAU’s acting press chief Desmond Orjiako told IRIN on Friday.
These countries are Senegal, Burkina Faso, Egypt, Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Mauritius and Mozambique. He said eight member states were under sanctions for not paying their dues, namely the Central African Republic (CAR), the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the Comoros, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Liberia, Sao Tome & Principe and Seychelles. “We do understand the very hard economic issues in various countries, but we have also provided member states with avenues to be able to pay,” Orjiako said.
The arrears were standing at US $58.3 million, he added.
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