African Union

Definition of African Union

Within the context of international organizations, the following is a brief meaning of african union: African Union (AU) is the successor of Organisation of African Unity (OAU) and came into existence in 2002 at Durban summit in South Africa. Its headquarters are Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. As pan-African organization, AU aims at promoting unity and cooperation among African nations. It also strives to spread democracy and good governance in the continent. At present the African Union has a total of 54 members. Morocco is the only African country which is not the part of the Union. Its motto is A United and Strong Africa. In January 2015, Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe has been appointed as Chairman of African Union (AU).

African Union (AU)

The African Union, abbreviated as AU, is a union consisting of 53 African Member States (all African countries except for Morocco), established on 9 July 2002 by the Durban Summit as a successor to the Organisation of African Unity (OAU)

The most important organs of the AU are the Assembly of the African Union, a semi-annual meeting of the heads of state and government of its Member States, and the AU Commission, based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, responsible for the day-to-day management of the AU and consisting of a Chairperson, a Deputy Chairperson and 8 Commissioners, each responsible for a portfolio.

African Union

Embracing mainstream international law, this section on african union explores the context, history and effect of the area of the law covered here.

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See Also

• International Organization
• Foreign Relations
• Intergovernmental Organization
• Regional Organization
• Regional Integration

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Further Reading

• The entry “african union” in the Parry and Grant Encyclopaedic Dictionary of International Law (currently, the Encyclopaedic Dictionary of International Law, 2009), Oxford University Press

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Further Information

African Union (also in Arabic and French)

African Union in a nutshell

Statistical Data

Africa-EU – key statistical indicators

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• International Organization

Hierarchical Display of African Union

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African Union

Concept of African Union

See the dictionary definition of African Union.

Characteristics of African Union

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Translation of African Union

• Spanish: Unión Africana
• French: Union africaine
• German: Afrikanische Union
• Italian: Unione africana
• Portuguese: União Africana
• Polish: Unia Afrykańska

Thesaurus of African Union

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See also

• African Charter on Human and Peoples\’ Rights

• African Court of Justice and Human Rights
• African Charter on Human and Peoples\’ Rights

• AU
• African Unity Organisation
• African Unity Organization
• Organisation of African Unity
• OAU
• Organization of African Unity