Organization of African Unity (OAU)
Organisation de l'unité africaine (OUA)
Munadhamat Alwahdah Al'Ifriqyah
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Founded
1963-05-25 Addis Ababa Ethiopia
History
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Promote the unity and solidarity of African States; coordinate and intensify their cooperation and efforts to achieve a better life for the peoples of Africa; defend their sovereignty, territorial integrity and independence; eradicate all forms of colonialism from Africa; promote international cooperation, having due regard to the charter of the United Nations and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. To achieve these goals Member States pledged themselves to harmonize their policies in the following fields: political and diplomatic cooperation; economic cooperation, including transport and communication; educational and cultural cooperation; health, sanitation and nutritional cooperation; scientific and technical cooperation; cooperation for defence and security.
Events
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Accredited by: E-XK1561 - United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change - Secretariat (UNFCCC). Together with ECA and UNEP, instrumental in setting up: F-XF6186 - African Ministerial Conference on the Environment (AMCEN). Instrumental in setting up:
- H-XD6432 - African Accounting Council (AAC);
- D-XD0017 - African Civil Aviation Commission (AFCAC);
- E-XD0333 - African Rehabilitation Institute (ARI);
- D-XD6386 - African Telecommunications Union (ATU), replacing H-XD6524 - Pan-African Telecommunication Union (PATU);
- D-XD7213 - Association of African Trade Promotion Organizations (AATPO);
- H-XF6875 - Conference on Security, Stability, Development and Cooperation in Africa (CSSDCA);
- D-XD4308 - Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS);
- H-XF6225 - New Africa Initiative (NAI);
- E-XK2193 - African Union Development Agency-NEPAD (AUDA-NEPAD);
- H-XF7987 - Pan-African News Agency (PANA);
- D-XD4305 - Pan African Postal Union (PAPU);
- E-XE2407 - Semi-Arid Food Grain Research and Development (AU SAFGRAD);
- H-XE3304 - Supreme Council for Sport in Africa (SCSA);
- D-XD4386 - Union of African Railways (UAR);
- U-XF6550 - United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE);
- E-XE0621 - United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Africa (UNREC).
Relations with Non-Governmental Organizations
Instrumental in setting up: D-XD0140 - Organisation of African Trade Union Unity (OATUU).
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- Living Conditions → Living Conditions
- Transportation → Communications
- Communication → Communication
- Societal Problems → Hygiene
- Health → Health
- Health → Nutrition
- Education → Education
- Defence → Defence
- Nation State → Nation State
- Nation State → Frontiers
- Nation State → Intergovernmental Communities
- Nation State → Political
- Nation State → Diplomacy
- Economics → Economic
- Technology → Technical
- Science → Science
- Culture → Culture
- Security → Security
- Solidarity → Solidarity
- Solidarity → Cooperation
- Vigilance → Unity
UN Sustainable Development Goals **
UIA Org ID
XD3027
** UN SDGs are linked to the subject classification.
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