African Union (AU)
Union africaine (UA)
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Founded
2001-07-08 Lusaka Zambia
History
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Achieve greater unity and solidarity among African countries and the peoples of Africa; defend the sovereignty, territorial integrity and independence of member states; accelerate political and socio-economic integration of the continent; promote and defend African common positions on issues of interest to the continent and its peoples; encourage international cooperation, taking account of the Charter of the United Nations and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights; promote peace, security and stability on the continent; promote democratic principles and institutions, popular participation, the rule of law and and good governance; promote and protect human and peoples' rights in accordance with the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights and other relevant instruments; establish the conditions necessary for the continent to play its rightful role in the global economy and in international negotiations; promote sustainable development on economic, social and cultural levels and the integration of African economies; promote cooperation in all fields of human activity so as to raise living standards of African peoples; coordinate and harmonize policies among existing and future regional economic communities leading to gradual attainment of the Union's objectives; advance the development of the continent by promoting research in all fields, in particular in science and technology; work with relevant international partners in the eradication of preventable diseases and the promotion of good health on the continent.
Events
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Accredited to the Conference of the Parties of: E-XE3486 - Secretariat of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (Secretariat of the UNCCD). Entitled to be represented at Sessions of General Conference of B-XB1383 - International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). Cooperation agreement with: B-XB0971 - FAO; B-XB1117 - International Maritime Organization (IMO); B-XB3383 - UNESCO. Cooperates with: E-XE0791 - Union of African Shippers' Councils (UASC); E-XE3387 - United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR). Participates in the activities of: E-XE3381 - UNCTAD. Permanent observer status with: B-XB3635 - World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). Observer to: E-XE8700 - Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC); B-XB1112 - International Organization for Migration (IOM); B-XF2527 - World Trade Organization (WTO). Observer to General Assembly of: A-XA3375 - United Nations (UN). Representative in Governing Board of: E-XE4185 - UNESCO - International Institute for Capacity Building in Africa (IICBA). Co-Chairs on an alternating basis with E-XK2193 - African Union Development Agency-NEPAD (AUDA-NEPAD) and G8 and non-G8 member countries of C-XC3023 - OECD: E-XM3547 - Africa Partnership Forum (APF). Member of: F-XF9551 - Common Fund for Commodities (CFC); F-XF5816 - International Nuclear Information System (INIS); D-XD7721 - Parliamentary Union of the OIC Member States (PUIC); E-XE0599 - United Nations Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People (CEIRPP). Invited to sessions of Intergovernmental Council of: F-XE2379 - International Programme for the Development of Communication (IPDC). E-XM0819 - International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) is organized under the auspices of the AU and the United Nations. Supports: F-XF4360 - European Development Fund (EDF); E-XE3016 - UNHCR. Representatives from: E-XM1974 - Unitaid. Instrumental in setting up: E-XE6038 - African Organisation for Standardisation (ARSO); E-XM2960 - Infrastructure Consortium for Africa (ICA); H-XJ0989 - African Union/United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID); U-XJ3557 - United Nations Operation in Burundi (ONUB).
Links with:
- E-XE0982 - African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights (ACHPR);
- F-XF0018 - African Development Bank (ADB);
- F-XF0121 - African Development Bank Group (ADB Group);
- E-XJ2251 - African Energy Commission (AFREC);
- H-XD6329 - African Organization of Cartography and Remote Sensing (AOCRS);
- E-XE3207 - African Regional Labour Administration Centre, Harare (ARLAC);
- F-XF9774 - African Reinsurance Corporation (AFRICA RE);
- F-XF5851 - African Virtual University (AVU);
- F-XF3936 - Commonwealth Fund for Technical Cooperation (CFTC);
- F-XF3714 - Communauté économique et monétaire d'Afrique centrale (CEMAC);
- D-XD7706 - Community of Sahel-Saharan States (CEN-SAD);
- D-XD0435 - Council of Europe (CE);
- D-XD0467 - Desert Locust Control Organization for Eastern Africa (DLCO-EA);
- E-XE3377 - ECOSOC;
- E-XE3001 - European Centre for Global Interdependence and Solidarity (North-South Centre);
- E-XE0669 - European Economic and Social Committee (EESC);
- E-XE0540 - Institut Régional d'Enseignement Supérieur et de Recherche en Développement Culturel (IRES-RDEC);
- F-XF1721 - International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD);
- E-XE2297 - International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI);
- F-XF1881 - Mediterranean Action Plan (MAP);
- H-XF6225 - New Africa Initiative (NAI);
- D-XD7796 - Organisation pour l'Harmonisation en Afrique du Droit des Affaires (OHADA);
- F-XF2197 - Regional African Satellite Communications Organization (RASCOM);
- E-XM2250 - Regional Centre on Small Arms and Light Weapons in the Great Lakes Region, the Horn of Africa and Bordering States (RECSA);
- D-XM1750 - South East Atlantic Fisheries Organization (SEAFO);
- F-XF3380 - UNICEF;
- B-XE3386 - UNIDO;
- E-XE4174 - United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA);
- K-XK2384 - United Nations Office of the Special Advisor on Africa (OSAA);
- E-XE0621 - United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Africa (UNREC);
- F-XJ3687 - World Solidarity Fund.
- Accredited by: United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change - Secretariat (UNFCCC)
- Memorandum of Understanding with: Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)
Relations with Non-Governmental Organizations
Instrumental in setting up: U-XK1871 - African Development Forum (ADF); F-XF6440 - Observatory of Cultural Policies in Africa (OCPA). D-XD0006 - Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA); D-XD1020 - African Physical Society (AfPS) and D-XD6104 - Association of Power Utilities in Africa (APUA) are Observer members. Memorandum of Understanding with: D-XJ9487 - Council of Africa Political Parties (CAPP); E-XF1236 - European Centre for Development Policy Management (ECDPM). Special relationship with: A-XA2654 - International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN). Member of: F-XF4296 - Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA). Permanent relations with: B-XB2717 - World Family Organization (WFO). Supports: E-XM1939 - Afro-Arab Institute for Culture and Strategic Studies (AACI); D-XD0117 - Association of African Universities (AAU); U-XM0272 - Digital Solidarity Fund (DSF); U-XE1151 - Pan African Social Prospects Centre - Albert Tevoedjre Institute; E-XJ0710 - World Network for Linguistic Diversity (Maaya). Cooperates with: F-XF3204 - African Refugees Foundation (AREF); F-XM0625 - Global Forum for Media Development (GFMD). Partners: E-XM3185 - Africa Governance Institute (AGI). Contact with: F-XF0244 - Leonard Cheshire Disability. Instrumental in setting up: E-XJ1602 - Conference of Directors of the West African National Meteorological and Hydrological Services (AFRIMET). Links with:
- G-XG8240 - Africa Humanitarian Action (AHA);
- F-XF1629 - Africa Leadership Forum (ALF);
- E-XM4542 - Africa Leadership Institute (AFLI);
- F-XJ4220 - Africa Trade Network (ATN);
- D-XD9385 - African Council for Sustainable Health Development (ACOSHED);
- F-XM1809 - African Democracy Forum (ADF);
- U-XJ3182 - African Forest Research Network (AFORNET);
- E-XM1962 - African Futures Institute (AFI);
- D-XD3456 - African Iron and Steel Association (AISA);
- F-XF0834 - African Network for Prevention and Protection Against Child Abuse and Neglect (ANPPCAN);
- U-XF6877 - African Unification Front (AUF);
- D-XD1546 - African Union of the Blind (AFUB);
- D-XD7784 - Association des historiens africains (AHA);
- D-XD1071 - Business Africa (BUSINESSAFRICA);
- G-XG7741 - Centre for Human Rights, Pretoria;
- E-XE3559 - CropLife Africa Middle East (CLAME);
- H-XD4187 - Democratic Organization of African Workers' Trade Unions (DOAWTU);
- U-XM1508 - East African Human Rights Institute (EAHRI);
- F-XK1338 - Eastern Africa National Networks of AIDS and Health Service Organizations (EANNASO);
- F-XM4529 - Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI);
- F-XM2543 - Global Network for Good Governance (GNGG);
- F-XF1417 - Institut panafricain de géopolitique (IPAG);
- E-XE4064 - Inter-African Committee on Traditional Practices Affecting the Health of Women and Children (IAC);
- E-XC4494 - International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE);
- F-XF1623 - International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC);
- E-XM2122 - International Council of African Museums (AFRICOM);
- A-XA1771 - International Council on Social Welfare (ICSW);
- B-XD1841 - International Federation for Human Rights;
- F-XB2339 - International Peace Institute (IPI);
- A-XM2085 - International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC);
- U-XE1824 - Mwelekeo wa NGO (MWENGO);
- F-XC3029 - Organización de Solidaridad de los Pueblos de Africa, Asia y América Latina (OSPAAAL);
- D-XD9452 - Pan-African Lawyers Union (PALU);
- F-XF6027 - Sahel and West Africa Club (SWAC);
- F-XK1052 - West African Museums Programme (WAMP);
- F-XF1143 - Women and Law in Southern Africa Research Trust (WLSA);
- F-XM2303 - World Congress of African Linguistics (WOCAL);
- B-XD7556 - World Federation of the Deafblind (WFDB).
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UN Sustainable Development Goals **
UIA Org ID
XD8572
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