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Chairman of the Permanent Representatives Committee, Madam Deputy Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Members of the PRC, Commissioners, Representatives of the Regional Economic Communities, Heads of other Organs and Specialised Institutions of the African Union, Ladies and Gentlemen, It is with real pleasure that I am meeting you today, on the occasion of the opening of the 45th session. [...] With the prospect meeting of the Executive Council, your session will consider the Reports of its Sub-Committees, the Reports of the Commission, the Reports of the Organs as well as the Reports of the Specialised Technical Committees. [...] The adoption, through you, of the First phase of the Transition Plan and the Financing Strategy of the new Departmental Structure of the Commission made it possible to provide the Commission with a managerial team selected according to the new evaluation rules established by the Executive Council. [...] In view of the Institutional Reform, we should take note of the establishment of our new structures, in particular the African Medicines Agency (AMA) which supplements the architecture of health systems on the Continent. [...] Furthermore, I would like to welcome the close cooperation between the PRC and the Commission and express the wish that it is further strengthened for the fulfilment of the noble aspirations contained in Agenda 2063.