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	African Union - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The African Union (abbreviated AU), founded in July 2002, is the successor organisation to the Organisation of African Unity (OAU).
		The African Union was launched in Durban on July 9, 2002, by its first president, South African Thabo Mbeki, at the first session of the Assembly of the African Union.
		The flag of the African Union bears a broad green horizontal stripe, a narrow band of gold, the emblem of the African Union at the centre of a broad white stripe, another narrow gold band and a final broad green stripe.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/African_Union (1647 words)

	African Union: Assembly's decision should not undermine the African Court - news.amnesty - Amnesty International (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		"This decision is inconsistent with an earlier decision taken by the AU Assembly in Maputo in July 2003, to the effect that the African Court 'shall remain separate and distinct from the Court of Justice of the African Union'," the organization said.
		Furthermore, unlike the judges of the African Court who are required to be competent in human rights issues, the judges of the Court of Justice are only required to "possess the necessary qualifications required in their respective countries for appointment to the highest judicial offices".
		The AU Chairman should "initiate consultations with member states, especially those that have ratified the African Court's Protocol and nominated judges to the Court, on the possible impact of the AU Assembly's decision on the protection of human rights on the continent.
	news.amnesty.org /index/ENGIOR300202004 (439 words)

	CBC News:African nations form new union
		SOUTH AFRICA - An African Union was born in Tuesday, in Durban, South Africa.
		South African President Thabo Mbeki, who is the new chairman of the African Union, is the one who will be setting the tone.
		One of the first acts of the new African Union was the creation of the Peace and Security Council, which has the mandate to intervene to resolve the conflicts which have left Africa impoverished for decades.
	www.cbc.ca /stories/print/2002/07/09/world/africa020709 (419 words)

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		TEXT: The conference of the African Diaspora in the Western Hemisphere, the first of its kind, was part of the African Union's commitment to involve African people from around the world, in the decision making process as African leaders prepare to formalize the organization's structure.
		To tell you how much the diaspora is important for the African Union, certain member states have even suggested that one of the commissioners should be a member of the diaspora.
		Essy also addressed issues raised by some participants concerning African leaders who have overstayed their time in office and whether those leaders can be trusted with the agenda of the new African Union.
	www.help-for-you.com /news/Dec2002/scripts/275efe22.html (948 words)

	The President of Nigeria and Chairman of the African Union to Visit the OPCW
		The African Union and the OPCW are jointly pursuing the universal implementation of the Convention in Africa.
		At its constitutive session in Durban, South Africa in July 2002, the new African Union adopted Decision AHG/Dec. 181 (XXXVIII) on the Implementation and Universality of the Chemical Weapons Convention.
		The remaining ten States not party to the Chemical Weapons Convention in Africa are actively encouraged by the African Union and the OPCW to seek the support of the OPCW to facilitate their ratification or accession to the Convention.
	www.opcw.org /html/global/press_releases/2005/event_01.html (563 words)

	USATODAY.com - Optimism, cynicism greet birth of African Union (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		It is doubtful the union, modeled in part after the European Union, would have the power to reign in the despots and corruption-riddled governments that plague the continent, the critics said.
		The union's other key element is the New Partnership for African Development, which seeks billions of dollars of international investment in Africa in return for stable democratic governance and fiscal responsibility.
		Critics doubt their leaders' commitment to a union that in theory will take away some of their power, and they question whether it will be allowed to use soldiers to end civil conflict and human rights abuses in African countries.
	www.usatoday.com /news/world/2002/07/09/african-union.htm (872 words)

	Ministry Daily news (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Sudan delegation to the African Union summit is led by the President of the Republic, Field Marshal Omer Al-Bashir.
		Chairman of the African Union Commission, Alpha Oumar Konare, said in his inaugural statement that the African Union summit is to discuss situations in Darfur, Cote d'Avoire and Congo as well as issues related to structural reforms at the UN Security Council.
		He explained that the ordinary Summit of the African Union would be held regularly in January to be followed by extra-ordinary summit in July to follow-up resolution of the ordinary summit.
	www.sudanmfa.com /ministry5e.htm (1139 words)

	African leaders urge greater political union - JAMAICAOBSERVER.COM
		Obasanjo said that among the visions under discussion would be a broad federation with free movement of citizens, economic and monetary union and a common foreign and defence policy.
		Since 1963 the countries of Africa have met under the auspices of the Organisation for African Unity, which was re-launched as the African Union in July 2001.
		The Union aims to give all Africans a common parliament, central bank and appeals court - partly modelled on those of the European Union - but some would like it to go further.
	www.jamaicaobserver.com /news/html/20051112T200000-0500_92390_OBS_AFRICAN_LEADERS_URGE_GREATER_POLITICAL_UNION_.asp (327 words)

	Sao Tome e Principe Homepage (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Diplomats in the capital of the small West African island state said they were working with civic and religious groups to seek the release of the ministers, who were being held in difficult conditions, according to family members.
		Chairman of the African Union (AU), President Joachim Chissano, yesterday flew into Abuja to hold talks with President Olusegun Obasanjo on possible military intervention in Sao Tome and Principe where elected President Frederique De Menezes was toppled on Wednesday.
		Mozambican President Joaquim Chissano, who is the current chairman of the African Union, on Thursday urged the international community to take all measures necessary to end the coup d'etat in Sao Tome and Principe.
	www.stome.com /coupetat/allafrica18.html (4726 words)

	African - Mali - Alpha Oumar Konare - Worldpress.org
		After the only other candidate, Côte d’Ivoire’s Amara Essy, withdrew his application, Konare was easily elected chairman of the African Union with the backing of 35 of the 45 countries voting.
		According to news accounts, several dominant African countries, South Africa and Nigeria among them, believed that the African Union, created to replace the Organization for African Unity, would benefit from the leadership of a former head of state such as Konare, who could lend legitimacy to the new organization.
		In his role as chairman of the African Union, new challenges await.
	www.worldpress.org /Africa/1515.cfm (471 words)

	Sierra Leone: President: PRESIDENT KABBAH RETURNS FROM AFRICAN UNION SUMMIT (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		He cited the African Central Bank, the African Monetary Fund and the Court of the African Union as examples of the Union's institutions that are yet to be established.
		The Chairman of the African Union, President Olusegun Obasanjo who chaired the session commended his colleagues for their presence at the summit, which he described as an affirmation of their commitment to the AU.
		The Assembly adopted a common African position on the review of the Millennium Declaration and Millennium Development Goals to be presented to the UN General Assembly in September 2005, and resolved to enhance investment and development in Africa by promoting peace and security and creating a conducive environment by ensuring good governance in all countries.
	www.statehouse-sl.org /au-sum-lib-july6.html (1085 words)

	BBC NEWS \| World \| Africa \| African Union chairman sworn in
		Mr Konare on Tuesday formally replaced AU interim chairman Amara Essy at a ceremony in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, where the organisation is based.
		The union was set up last year, as a successor to the Organisation of African Unity (OAU).
		The OAU was founded by African leaders from young independent countries in 1963.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/africa/3114418.stm (318 words)

	African Union Pledges $100,000 to Areas Hit by Asian Tsunami (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The African Union says it is making a symbolic contribution of $100,000 to areas affected by the Asian tsunami.
		In announcing the donation, the African Union expressed its solidarity with victims from southeast Asia to the Indian Ocean coast of Africa.
		The chairman of the African Union Commission, Alpha Oumar Konare, also expressed his solidarity and sympathy to everyone affected by the disaster.
	quickstart.clari.net /voa/art/gl/2005-01-03-voa55.html (149 words)

	BBC NEWS \| World \| Africa \| African Union split in Togo row
		The row between chairman Olusegun Obasanjo, the Nigerian president, and Alpha Oumar Konare is the union's most public since its formation in 2002.
		It was the kind of African compromise the continent's leaders often deploy to defuse conflicts.
		Refusing to become a rubber stamp chairman of the African Union, President Obasanjo mobilised West African heads of state and issued the rebuke to Mr Konare.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/africa/4610817.stm (301 words)

	Open Letter to the Chairman of the African Union (AU) seeking clarifications and assurances that the Establishment of ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Amnesty International is seriously concerned about the future of the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights (African Court) following the decision by the AU Assembly at its 3rd Ordinary Session in July in Addis Ababa, to integrate the African Court and the Court of Justice into one Court.
		Amnesty International urges you to encourage AU member states to reaffirm their expressed commitments to the African Court, and to support the principles embodied in the Court’s Protocol, and the African Charter.
		Amnesty International further urges you to initiate consultations with AU member states, especially those that have ratified the African Court’s Protocol and nominated judges to the Court, on the possible impact of the Assembly’s decision on the protection of human rights on the continent.
	web.amnesty.org /library/index/engior630082004 (761 words)

	monuc.org: African Union chairman intervenes in Rwanda, DRC crisis: official ::: 27/11/2004
		LAGOS, Nov 26 (AFP) - African Union chairman, Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo, will meet in the coming days with the presidents of Rwanda and Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) seeking to end a feud between their two countries, his spokeswoman told AFP Friday.
		Obasanjo had participated Friday in the opening of the 10th summit of francophone countries in Ouagadougou in his capacity as AU chairman, she said.
		The AU chairman and his Senegalese counterpart, Abdoulaye Wade, also met with Kagame and Kabila on Thursday.
	www.monuc.org /news.aspx?newsID=4442 (227 words)

	Chairman Of African Union Commission Konare Arrives In Turkey
		ANKARA - African Union Commission Chairman Alpha Qumar Konare arrived in Ankara on Monday on a two-day visit upon the invitation of Turkish Foreign Minister & Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah Gul.
		Releasing a statement, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said it was the first ever visit to Turkey from the African Union at this level, and indicated that it would contribute to the development of relations between Turkey and the Union to which Turkey was accredited with observer status.
		The statement emphasized that the government announced 2005 as ''African Year'', stating that the visit would add momentum to enhancement of relations with the African continent.
	www.turkishpress.com /news.asp?id=80303 (294 words)

	CNN.com - Gadhafi calls for unity at start of African Union summit - Mar. 1, 2004
		The sporadic chants continued into the speeches of Mozambique President Joaquim Chissano, the current chairman of the African Union, and Alpha Oumar Konare, who runs the union's secretariat.
		African foreign ministers discussed the proposal on Thursday, with some delegates saying it was unrealistic.
		The African Union deployed several thousand peacekeepers from South Africa, Ethiopia and Mozambique to Burundi in 2002, but the country's conflict continues.
	cnn.com /2004/WORLD/africa/02/27/libya.africansummit.ap (816 words)

	SudanTribune article : African Union to deploy 4,500 troops to western Sudan’s Darfur region (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		ABUJA, Nigeria, Oct 15, 2004 (AP) — The African Union is planning to deploy 4,500 troops to the war-ravaged Darfur region in western Sudan by the end of next month, Nigeria’s president said Friday.
		There was no word on which other African countries would provide troops for the remaining three battalions, which are expected to be on the ground in Sudan by the end of November.
		Originally a clash between African farmers and Arab nomads, the conflict has grown into a counterinsurgency in which pro-government Arab militia have raped, killed and burned the villages of their enemy.
	www.sudantribune.com /article.php3?id_article=5977 (370 words)

	Boston.com / News / World / Africa / African Union Extends Obasanjo's Term as Chairman (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Nigeria is one of three African countries leading the call for African countries to be designated two permanent seats on the U.N. Security Council with powers of veto as part of a wider U.N. reform effort.
		A 15-member committee of African Union foreign ministers is expected to draw up detailed proposals to present to the United Nations before the end of March, when Secretary-General Kofi Annan is expected to present his report on the reform.
		Obasanjo was elected as chairman of the AU Assembly in July last year for a period of one year.
	www.boston.com /news/world/africa/articles/2005/02/01/african_union_extends_obasanjos_term_as_chairman?mode=PF (376 words)

	Assembly of the African Union, First Ordinary Session: Decisions and Declarations
		REQUESTS the current Chairman of the African Union and the Interim Chairman of the Commission to assist the Malagasy parties in seeking a peaceful and constitutional solution to the crisis in conformity with the principles enshrined in the Constitutive Act of the African Union.
		Requests the Chairman of the Assembly to establish a group of experts to examine all aspects related to the establishment of a common African defence and security and submit recommendations for the consideration of the next ordinary session of the Assembly.
		We reaffirm, in particular, the pivotal role of women in all levels of society and recognise that the objectives of the African Union cannot be achieved without the full involvement and participation of women at all levels and structures of the Union.
	www1.umn.edu /humanrts/africa/audec1-8.html (3549 words)

	ReliefWeb » Document Preview » AU chairman Obasanjo backs west African mediation in Ivory Coast
		Obasanjo, the chairman of the African Union, met privately with Prime Minister Seydou Diarra of the Ivory Coast on Tuesday amid mounting tension in the already divided west African nation.
		"It was President Obasanjo's proposal to the African Union Peace and Security Council in New York that we should go back to the ECOWAS sub-region and thereafter the AU," Obasanjo's spokeswoman Remi Oyo said, referring to a meeting of African leaders at the UN summit last week.
		African leaders had earlier put their trust in South Africa's President Thabo Mbeki to bring the warring parties together under the aegis of the African Union, but his attempts have failed and been rejected by rebel leaders who see him as pro-Gbagbo.
	www.reliefweb.int /rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/ACIO-6GEQZR?OpenDocument (429 words)

	Boston.com / News / World / Africa / U.N., African leaders to meet about Sudan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		President Olusegun Obasanjo organized Thursday's talks in his capacity as chairman of the African Union, spokeswoman Remi Oyo said by phone from the capital of Abuja.
		He will brief the African Union chairman on Darfur before Thursday's talks in the Ghana capital, Accra, Oyo said.
		Up to 30,000 people, most of them fl Africans, have been killed in Darfur, and an estimated 2.2 million are in urgent need of food or medical attention.
	www.boston.com /news/world/africa/articles/2004/07/26/un_african_leaders_to_meet_about_sudan (397 words)

	Vanguard - World : Obasanjo, Konare clash over Togo
		The row between both men, which is said to be the most prominent within the Union since its formation in 2002, was caused by the non-consultation of Obasanjo by Konare on the appointment of a new Union.
		Indeed, it has taken Obasanjo’s initiative as the Chairman of the Union to restore a semblance of peace to that country after a recent presidential polls, which was won by Faure Gnassingbe, son of the deceased leader.
		Given the structure of the African Union, the thinking is that the Chairman remains the head of the body, with whom all other sectional heads – from the President of the commission to the last on the hierarchy – must consult before crucial decisions are taken.
	www.vanguardngr.com /articles/2002/world/w306062005.html (508 words)

	Africa 2015: For an AIDS-free generation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		We are referring to gender issues, and in particular, efforts to mainstream the concerns of African women, especially their role and their vital participation in decision-making processes.
		Confronted by these harsh truths, we are convinced that Africa should urgently refocus its energies on the MDGs, as well as the implementation of NEPAD projects [New Project for Africa’s Development], in a united Africa that harnesses its resources so as to improve the lot of its indigenous peoples.
		In voicing our aspirations, we young Africans are guided by our staunch and manifest resolve, our total will, our determination and commitment to stand beside you as we embrace the challenges of the third millennium.
	www.africa2015.org /appeal-to-AU.html (870 words)

	West Africa Heads of State Meet Over Ivory Coast Crisis
		The chairman of the African Union is hosting peace talks in Nigeria in an attempt to resolve the deteriorating situation in Ivory Coast.
		Foreigners continue to flee the West African nation even as Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo says the government is fully in control of the situation.
		African Union chairman and Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo is hosting a mini-summit in Abuja to address the crisis in Ivory Coast.
	www.voanews.com /english/2004-11-14-voa12.cfm?renderforprint=1&textonly=1&&TEXTMODE=1&CFID=11513897&CFTOKEN=83728470 (454 words)

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