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African Union
The advent of the African Union (AU) can be described as an
event of great magnitude in the institutional evolution of
the continent. On 9.9.1999, the Heads of State and
Government of the Organisation of African Unity issued a
Declaration (the Sirte Declaration) calling for the
establishment of an African Union, with a view, inter alia,
to accelerating the process of integration in the continent
to enable it 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 globalisation.
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NEPAD
The New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) is a
VISION and STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK FOR AFRICA’s RENEWAL.
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SADC
The Southern African Development Community (SADC) has been
in existence since 1980, when it was formed as a loose
alliance of nine majority-ruled States in Southern Africa
known as the Southern African Development Coordination
Conference (SADCC), with the main aim of coordinating
development projects in order to lessen economic dependence
on the then apartheid South Africa. The founding Member
States are: Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique,
Swaziland, United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
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ECOWAS
The Economic Community Of West African States (ECOWAS) is a
regional group of fifteen countries, founded in 1975. Its
mission is to promote economic integration in "all fields of
economic activity, particularly industry, transport,
telecommunications, energy, agriculture, natural resources,
commerce, monetary and financial questions, social and
cultural matters ....."
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East African
Community
The East African Community (EAC) is the regional
intergovernmental organisation of the Republics of Kenya,
Uganda, the United Republic of Tanzania, Republic of Burundi
and Republic of Rwanda with its headquarters in Arusha,
Tanzania.
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European Union
The European Union is set up with the aim of ending the
frequent and bloody wars between neighbours, which
culminated in the Second World War. As of 1950, the European
Coal and Steel Community begins to unite European countries
economically and politically in order to secure lasting
peace. The six founders are Belgium, France, Germany, Italy,
Luxembourg and the Netherlands. The 1950s are dominated by a
cold war between east and west. Protests in Hungary against
the Communist regime are put down by Soviet tanks in 1956;
while the following year, 1957, the Soviet Union takes the
lead in the space race, when it launches the first man-made
space satellite, Sputnik 1. Also in 1957, the Treaty of Rome
creates the European Economic Community (EEC), or 'Common
Market'.
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United Nations
The United Nations is central to global efforts to solve
problems that challenge humanity. Cooperating in this effort
are more than 30 affiliated organizations, known together as
the UN system.
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