Aware of the resolutions adopted by the APA at its first, second and third Annual Conferences respectively, convinced of the fact that we are one African Community and must therefore work together in collaboration with other organizations both within the African Continent and internationally, including like-minded NGO’s and Agencies operating on the continent in an endeavor to protect the prosecutorial integrity of the African Prosecuting Authorities, and agreeing that the APA presents an opportunity for African States to harmonize legislations of member states and  form a co-operative partnership to build a united force in the fight against transnational crime;

Acknowledge the fact that crime knows no borders and member states need to drift towards one another to exchange best practices, ideas, strategies and methodologies in the fight against crime;

Commend the Executive Members of the APA for the ongoing smooth running of the association, in particular, the establishment of the APA website and the circulation of the English version of the Association’s constitution to members. Encourage all member states to participate actively in furthering the objectives of the association;

Aware of the need to increase APA membership of African Countries and the sustenance of existing membership, call upon the vice presidents of APA to facilitate this objective in pursuit of bettering the entire African Continent and to further submit progress reports in this regard annually;

Emphasize the crucial need for members to pay their annual subscription fees to ensure that the Association achieves its goals / objectives. Urge members to forward proof of every single payment made to the Secretary General. Urge also the Secretary General to provide members with full financial report at the next AGM;

Urge member states to facilitate the ratification of all International United Nation instruments to ensure that there is equitable protection of Human Rights throughout the continent;

Recognize the crucial role that the APA plays in ensuring that African Countries protect their Prosecuting Authorities from political interference and undue influence;

Express support for the expansion of best practices by means of sharing of technical skills within a structured programmatic framework, inter alia Community Prosecutions and Thuthuzela Care Centre’s.

Welcome with satisfaction the declaration of intent and eagerness by the following countries to embrace and implement the Thuthuzela Care Centre’s model:

• Angola
• Botswana
• Malawi
• Mozambique
  -    Lesotho
  -    Zimbabwe

Express support for the development of APA ethical principles that will guide and bind prosecutorial integrity which in turn compliment the Constitution of the APA;

Recognize the need for APA to adopt a peer review mechanism for prosecutors in Africa, and emphasize the need for the APA to review progress on previous resolutions taken on every first day of subsequent conference;

Urge the APA to support member states to rigorously defend the independence of prosecutorial structures to be free from political influence and interference. Call upon member states to explore better ways of fighting corruption within Prosecuting Authorities;

Agree that the APA will go ahead and forge collaborative and co-operative relations with the IAP, save for organizational membership thereof;

Encourage the APA to find a systematic way of best indigenous community driven justice practices to compliment current formal legal frameworks to aid African solutions to African problems;

Mindful of the divers nature, of organized crime as an emerging trend, aware of the fact that this is a new reality confronting all countries in Africa, and posing greater challenges to investigators and prosecutors. The APA, calls upon member states to unite and to collectively confront, address and resolve the problems and challenges of organized crime including human trafficking, domestic violence and sexual violence in Africa;

Agree that the ratification of the UN Guidelines on the role and functions of the prosecutors be deferred to the next AGM to give members an opportunity to interrogate same;

Express our gratitude to the South African Prosecuting Authority for hosting the 4^th Annual Conference and General Meeting of the APA; express again the deepest appreciation to the Government and the people of South Africa for their warm hospitality;

Urge member states to remain resilient, resolute and committed to the constitutional imperatives of the APA; and

Welcome with appreciation the resolution that Algeria will host the 5^th APA conference in 2009 whilst Botswana becomes a contingency host.