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a Seat of the African Union Commission. b Seat of the Pan-African Parliament. The African Union (AU) is a continental union of 55 member states [8] located on the continent of Africa. The bloc was founded on 26 May 2001 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and launched on 9 July 2002 in Durban, South Africa. [9]
The African Union is a geo-political entity covering the entirety of the African continent. Its origin dates back to the First Congress of Independent African States, held in Accra, Ghana, from 15 to 22 April 1958. The conference aimed at forming the Africa Day (that preceded the formation of the OAU) to mark the liberation movement of the ...
In 2016, the African Union denied membership to Haiti due to membership admission, as per Article 29.1 of the Constitutive Act of the African Union, being limited to any “African State.” [7] [4] In the African Union Handbook (2021), persons who have been appointed to represent the African diaspora at the Assembly of the African Union have ...
The Constitutive Act of the African Union sets out the codified framework under which the African Union is to conduct itself. It was signed on 11 July 2000 at Lomé, Togo. It entered into force after two thirds of the 53 signatory states ratified the convention on 26 May 2001. [1] When a state ratifies the Constitutive Act, it formally becomes ...
Cité de l'Union Africaine. The Cité de l'Union Africaine (City of the African Union) or Cité de l'OUA (City of OAU) is a governmental complex situated in the Ngaliema commune of Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). It is strategically located near Mont Ngaliema and serves as a venue for diplomatic and governmental functions.
The structure of the APSA is based on the protocol relating to the establishment of the Peace and Security Council of the African Union (PSC Protocol, 2002). [6] Article 2 names the following five pillars of the APSA, including institutions and decision-making processes: -the Peace and Security Council (PSC), which is the central organ of the AU -the Panel of the Wise (PoW) -the Continental ...
Agenda 2063 is a set of initiatives proposed and currently under implementation by the African Union. [1] It was adopted on 31 January 2015 at the 24th Ordinary Assembly of the Heads of State and Governments of the African Union in Addis Ababa. [2] The call for such an agenda was first made by the 21st Ordinary Assembly on 26 May 2013, [3] 50 ...
Member states of the African Union. The member states of the African Union are the 55 sovereign states that have ratified or acceded to the Constitutive Act of the African Union to become member states to the African Union (AU). [1] The AU was the successor to the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), and AU membership was open to all OAU member ...