Table 4.1: Implementation of economic governance and management standards and codes DATE OF SIGNATURE DATE OF RATIFICATION 1 New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) Framework Document (2001) 2001 A nontreaty that does not require ratification or accession 2 Constitutive Act of the African Union (AU) (2000) July 2000 29 March 2001 3 Guidelines for Public Debt Management March 2001 A nontreaty that does not require ratification or accession 4 International Standards on Auditing 2003 5 International Accounting Standards 2003 6 AU Convention on the Prevention and Combating of Corruption 16 December 2003 26 September 2006 7 Abuja Treaty Establishing the African Economic Community 1991 31 December 1991 8 Best Practices for Budget Transparency 2001 A nontreaty that does not require ratification or accession 9 United Nations (UN) Convention against Transnational Organized Crime 15 November 2000 29 March 2001 9 December 1999 28 April 2003 28 May 1975 June 1975 STANDARD AND CODE 10 International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism 11 Treaty Establishing ECOWAS 12 Code of Good Practices on Transparency in Monetary and Financial Policies A nontreaty that does not require ratification or accession 13 Core Principles for Systemically Important Payments Systems A nontreaty that does not require ratification or accession 14 Code of Good Practices on Fiscal Transparency A nontreaty that does not require ratification or accession 15 Core Principles for Security and Insurance Supervision and Regulations A nontreaty that does not require ratification or accession Dakar Framework for Action A nontreaty that does not require ratification or accession 16 147