The main objective has been for the PAP to facilitate the process of African integration by providing a forum for African citizens to participate in decisions affecting them. Equally significant, the PAP is the embryonic legislature of the continent's future union government. The poor levels of interaction and co-operation between the PAP and other AU organs such as the Assembly, the AU Commission and the Peace and Security Council have had a negative effect on the PAP's mandate to provide oversight and contribute effectively to issues of peace and security in Africa.