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African Union (AU)
| Region: | Africa | |
| Country: | Addis Ababa | |
| Contact Details: | Brave Ndisale | |
| Description: | The advent of the African Union (AU) can be described as an event of great magnitude in the institutional evolution of the continent. In 1999, the Heads of State and Government and the Organization for African Unity, issued a Declaration (the Sirte Declaration) calling for the establishment of an African Union with a view, inter alia, to accelerating the itegration of the continent to enable it to play its rightful role in the global economy while addressing multifaceted social, economic and political problems compounded as they are by certain negative aspects of globalization. | |
| Coalition Programme Activities: | Policy -Land Policy in Africa initiative with AU/NEPAD/UNECA and ADB |
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| Aims and objectives: | The main objectives of the OAU were, inter alia, to rid the continent of the remaining vestige of solonization and apartheid; to promote unity and solidarity among African States; to coordinate and intensify cooperaion for development; to safeguard the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Member States and to promote international cooperation withint he framework of the United Nations. | |
| Programmes and Activities: | African countries, in their quest for unity, economic and social development under the banner of the OAU, have taken various initiatives and made substantial progress in many areas which paved the way for the establishment of the AU. Noteworthy among these are: |
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Secure access to land helps reduce poverty
International Land Coalition
Via del Serafico, 107
00142 Rome, Italy
Tel (+39) 065459 2445
Fax (+39) 06 504 3463
Email: coalition@ifad.org
Website: www.landcoalition.org
International Land Coalition
Via del Serafico, 107
00142 Rome, Italy
Tel (+39) 065459 2445
Fax (+39) 06 504 3463
Email: coalition@ifad.org
Website: www.landcoalition.org