Your Excellency the President of the Chamber of Representatives of the Kingdom of Morocco,
Your Excellency the President of the Chamber of Councillors of the Kingdom of Morocco,
Distinguished Heads of Delegation
Honourable Members of Parliament
UPA Secretary General
Ladies and Gentlemen

We have come to the end of the work of the 83rd Session of the Executive Committee of our organisation.

It is with a feeling of real satisfaction that I would like, on your behalf, to reiterate my thanks to the entire National Representation of the Kingdom of Morocco, which has spared no effort to make our stay useful and pleasant.

During these two days of intense work, we have exhausted the items on the agenda for this session, in particular the review of the activities carried out by our organisation during the intersessional period, the examination and adoption of the management account and the Auditors' report for the 2024 financial year, and the preparations for the 47th Conference. With regard to the proposed amendments to the Articles of Association and the Rules of Procedure, wisdom led us not to rush their examination and to postpone them to the next Session. Finally, we decided on the draft agendas for the 84th Session and the 47th Conference. These meetings will take place in Kinshasa, around November December, at a mutually agreed date. I would like to take this opportunity to thank the Congolese authorities for their availability.

I would like to take this opportunity to pay tribute to the conviviality and family spirit that have characterised our work, and to welcome the renewed dynamism of our organisation. The APU is not only an organisation for interparliamentary cooperation, it is also a framework for calm dialogue, a melting pot for exchanging our views and experiences on the major challenges facing our continent. I welcome the relevance of our decision to devote our next meeting to the important issues of consolidating the sovereignty of African countries for sustainable development, the challenges of energy transition and good digital governance.

Our Session in Rabat enabled us to return to the question of the payment of dues by Member States to our organisation, which, as you know, has limited resources to accomplish its missions.
I invite each of you to make a strong plea to your respective parliaments to ensure that the commitments made to our union are respected.

I would like to conclude by thanking all those who have worked to make this Session a success. I offer my congratulations and encouragement to our General Secretariat.

On behalf of all of you, I would like to reiterate our thanks to the National Representation of the Kingdom of Morocco. I look forward to seeing you at the end of 2025 in Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

I wish you all a safe journey home and declare the 83rd Session of the APU Executive Committee closed.

I would like to thank you all