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External sources (not reviewed)

enhancing cooperation and coordination of efforts among Member States to fight the phenomenon of extremism.

Unity, Addis Ababa (2000); symposiums for heads of police colleges organized by INTERPOL at its Lyon headquarters (1992, 1994 and 1996); General Assembly of INTERPOL, Dakar (1993).

of African Unity, the Charter of the Organization of the Islamic Conference, the 1991 Abuja Treaty and the constitutive documents of the regional organizations to which its Member States belong.

Union, decided to establish a group to set out clearly the extent of Africa’s exploitation, the liability of the perpetrators and the strategy for achieving reparation.

and Combating of Terrorism and the launching of the Centre for the Study and Research on Terrorism (ACSRT) in 2004.

in June 1992, threw its full weight behind the Prize and its objectives.

and the various protocols thereto and to the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU) guidelines and regulations on money-laundering and the financing of terrorism.

refugees still residing in Sierra Leone.

action to implement its relevant resolutions as well as General Assembly resolution 1514 (XV) on the right to self-determination with regards to the situations in Namibia, Southern Rhodesia, the question of the apartheid in South Africa, and the territories under Portuguese administration.

of African Unity (OAU) was founded, in 1963.

view: responsible support to international community initiatives, and taking subregional initiatives.

African Union is a clear mark of Africa’s commitment to eliminating the phenomenon of unconstitutional changes of Government that often lead to instability and insecurity, thus undermining democratic governance and development on the continent.

the restoration of constitutional legality in States whose governments had come to power through unconstitutional means, as well as the principles enshrined in the Constitutive Act of the African Union adopted in 2000 in Lomé, and in this context, encouraged the Non-Aligned Countries to continue to uphold the democratic ideals consistent with the Founding Principles of the Movement.

Terrorism, the counter-terrorism universal instruments and to strengthen the capacity of Member States to deal with issues relating to the prevention and combating of terrorism, including denying terrorists access to weapons of mass destruction.

at the heart of its foreign policy priorities, while adopting an approach of cooperation and solidarity in addressing the economic, social, political and security challenges that hamper comprehensive development in Africa.

the Refugee Problem in Africa, and the ongoing process of signing and ratifying the 2009 African Union Convention for the Protection and Assistance of Internally Displaced Persons in Africa reaffirmed the member States’ ownership of the problem.

Terrorism (2004), in which the Heads of State and Government of the member States of the African Union expressed their grave concern at the increasing incidence of terrorist acts worldwide, including in Africa, and the growing risks of linkages between terrorism and mercenarism, weapons of mass destruction, and so on, thus recognizing the increasing risk associated with access by terrorists to weapons of mass destruction.

summit meeting of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the Organization of African Unity on HIV/AIDS, malaria, tuberculosis and other related infectious diseases, held in Abuja in April 2001,29 and to extend that support until 2015 to coincide with the date envisaged for the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals, and in the implementation of the Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS,30 so as to eradicate or control the spread of those diseases, inter alia, through sound capacitybuilding in human resources

Universal Declaration of Human Rights of the United Nations, and the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights, as well as international conventions, notably those relating to the rights of children and women”.