Is the AFRICAN UNION Serving Its PURPOSE ?

Описание: Is the African Union Serving its Purpose
Hello Displorers, Welcome back to another exciting video presented to you by Displore and thanks for watching. In this video, we shall be taking a closer look into the activities of Africa’s Biggest Organization, The African Union. African Countries in a bid to foster development and Peace on the continent decided to come together and create a powerful organization called the African union. The organization was founded in 2001 and Launched in 2002. So after 19 years of existence has the union been able to live up to expectations? But Before we dive into the activities of the Union to examine if it’s actually serving it purpose, If You are New here welcome be sure to subscribe and turn on notification so you don’t miss any of our videos
Background and Introduction of the African Union
The African Union, commonly called the AU is a continental union consisting of 55 member states located on the continent of Africa. The historical foundations of the African Union originated in the First Congress of Independence African States, held in Accra, Ghana, from 15 to 22 April 1958. The conference aimed at forming the Africa Day, to mark the liberation movement each year concerning the willingness of the African people to free themselves from foreign dictatorship, as well as subsequent attempts to unite Africa. This led to the creation of the Organisation of Africa Unity (OAU) in 1963. Critics argued that the OAU in particular did little to protect the rights and liberties of African citizens from their own political leaders, often dubbing it the "Dictators' Club. The idea of creating the AU was revived in the mid-1990s under the leadership of Libyan head of state Muammar al-Gaddafi: the heads of state and government of the OAU issued the Sirte Declaration (named after Sirte, a city in Libya) on 9 September 1999, calling for the establishment of an African Union. The Declaration was followed by summits at Lomé in 2000, when the Constitutive Act of the African Union was adopted, and at Lusaka in 2001, when the plan for the implementation of the African Union was adopted. The union was eventually founded on 26 May 2001 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, and launched on 9th July 2002 in Durban, South Africa. The intention of the AU was to replace the Organization of African Unity, the OAU. The most important decisions of the AU are made by the Assembly of the African Union, a semi-annual meeting of the heads of state and government of its member states. The AU's secretariat, the African Union Commission, is based in Addis Ababa and is currently headed by the president of south Africa, President Cyril Ramaphosa who is took over from President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi of Egypt. Within the African Union, there are official bodies such as the Peace and Security Council and the Pan-African Parliament. In a nutshell, the vision of the African Union is that of: “An integrated, prosperous and peaceful Africa, driven by its own citizens and representing a dynamic force in global arena.”
Now lets examine Why the African Union was created in the first place
The Objectives of the African Union
The African Union was created for the following reason
1. To achieve greater unity, cohesion and solidarity between the African countries.
2. To defend the sovereignty, territorial integrity and independence of its Member States.
3. To accelerate the political and social-economic integration of the continent.
4. To promote and defend African common positions on issues of interest to the continent and its peoples.
5. To encourage international cooperation, taking due account of the Charter of the United Nations and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
6. To promote peace, security, and stability on the continent.
7. To promote democratic principles and institutions, popular participation and good governance.
8. To promote and protect human and peoples' rights in accordance with the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights and other relevant human rights instruments.
9. To establish the necessary conditions which enable the continent to play its rightful role in the global economy and in international negotiations.
10. To promote sustainable development at the economic, social and cultural levels as well as the integration of African economies.
11. To promote co-operation in all fields of human activity to raise the living standards of African peoples.
12. To coordinate and harmonise the policies between the existing and future Regional Economic Communities for the gradual attainment of the objectives of the Union.
13. To advance the development of the continent by promoting research in all fields, in particular in science and technology and…
14. To work with relevant international partners in the eradication of preventable diseases and the promotion of good health on the continent.