African Union Commission

African Union
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Institutions Casablanca Group Union of African States Organisation of African Unity African Economic Community African Unification Front Executive Assembly Chairperson Commission Chairperson Conference and Events Peace & Sec. The African Union (abbreviated AU in English, and UA in its other working languages is a Confederation consisting of 53 African Below is a list of African Union Institutions. The Casablanca Group was an organization of "progressive states" founded in 1961. The Union of African States, was a short lasting union of 3 African states in West Africa, in the 1960 's The Organisation of African Unity ( OAU) or Organisation de l'Unité Africaine ( OUA) was established on 25 May 1963. The African Economic Community (abbreviated AEC) is an organization of African Union states establishing grounds for mutual economic development among the majority The African Unification Front is an organisation aiming to promote the Political, Social and Economic union of Africa. The Assembly of the African Union, which is formally known as the African Union Assembly of Heads of State and Government AU-AHSG, is one of several decision-making bodies within The Chairperson of the African Union is chosen by the Assembly of the African Union, which consists of the heads of state of member countries to serve a one-year The Commission of the African Union serves as the AU's administrative branch and as a secretariat of the Pan African Parliament Pol. Affairs Infra. & Energy Soc. Affairs HR, Sci. , & Tech. Trade and Industry Rural Econ. & Agri. Economic Legal Counsel Executive Council Rep. Committee Legislature Pan-African Parliament President Bureau Secretariat List of members Permanent Committees Rural Econ., Agri., Resources, Eviron. Monetary & Financial Trade, Customs, & Immigration Cooperation, IR, & Conflict Transport, Industry, Communications, Energy, Science, & Tech. Health, Labour, & Social Educ., Culture, Tourism, & HR Gender, Family, Youth, Disabilities Justice & Rights Rules, Privileges, & Discipline Judiciary Sirte Declaration Constitutive Act of the AU Law Charter on Rights Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights Court of Justice Court on Human and Peoples' Rights List of judges Advisory bodies Peace and Security Council Economic, Social, and Cultural Council Specialised Technical Committees Rural Econ. The Executive Council of the African Union is made up of ministers designated by the governments of member countries The Permanent Representatives' Committee of the African Union is made up of nominated representatives of member countries by the African Union. The Pan-African Parliament, also known as the African Parliament is the legislative body of the African Union. The Bureau of the Pan-African Parliament is essentially the leadership of the Pan-African Parliament (PAP and consists of one President and four Vice-Presidents In order to allow the Pan-African Parliament 's functions to be carried out more smoothly and in a more streamlined fashion it is assisted by a Secretariat Below is a list of the MPs that make up the African Union 's Pan-African Parliament, the respective countries they are elected from and their political party To help coordinate efforts in dealing with issues on the continent the Pan-African Parliament created ten permanent committees Committee on Rural Economy Agriculture The Committee on Rural Economy Agriculture Natural Resources and Environment is one of the Ten Permanent Committees of the Pan-African Parliament. The Committee on Monetary and Financial Affairs is one of the ten permanent committees of the Pan-African Parliament. The Committee on Trade Customs and Immigration Matters is one of the ten permanent committees of the Pan-African Parliament. The Committee on Cooperation International Relations and Conflict Resolution is one of the ten permanent committees of the Pan-African Parliament. The Committee on Transport Industry Communications Energy Science and Technology is one of the ten permanent committees of the Pan-African Parliament. The Committee on Health Labour and Social Affairs is one of the ten permanent committees of the Pan-African Parliament. The Committee on Education Culture Tourism and Human Resources is one of the ten permanent committees of the Pan-African Parliament. The Committee on Gender Family Youths and People with Disabilities is one of the ten permanent committees of the Pan-African Parliament. The Committee on Justice and Human Rights is one of the ten permanent committees of the Pan-African Parliament. The Committee on Rules Privileges and Discipline is one of the ten permanent committees of the Pan-African Parliament. The Sirte Declaration was the resolution adopted by the Organisation of African Unity on 9 September 1999, at Sirte, Libya, to create The Constitutive Act of the African Union sets out the codified framework under which the African Union is to conduct itself The African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights (also known as the Banjul Charter) is an International human rights instrument that purports to promote and protect The African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights ( ACHPR) is a Quasi-judicial body tasked with promoting and protecting Human rights and collective The Court of Justice of the African Union is intended to be the “principal judicial organ of the Union” (Protocol of the Court of Justice of the African Union Article 2 The African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights is a regional court that rules on African Union states' compliance with the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights The first Judges of the African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights were elected on January 22, 2006 at the Eighth Ordinary Session of the Executive Council The Peace and Security Council is the organ of the African Union in charge of enforcing union decisions The Economic Social and Cultural Council is an advisory body of the African Union charged with overseeing the development of those particular areas within the continent The Specialised Technical Committees are bodies in the African Union responsible to the Executive Council. , Agri. Monetary & Financial Trade, Customs, and Immigration Industry, Sci. & Tech. , Energy. . . Transport, Comm. , Tourism Health, Labor, Social Edu. , Culture, & Human Resources Financial bodies AEC Pillars (Abuja Treaty) CEN-SAD COMESA EAC ECCAS/CEEAC CEMAC ECOWAS UEMOA WAMZ IGAD SADC SACU AMU/UMA African Central Bank African Monetary Fund African Investment Bank New Partnership for Africa's Development African Peer Review Mechanism Decentralised bodies Agencies of the AU Related topics Elections Enlargement Foreign relations
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The Commission of the African Union acts as the executive/administrative branch or secretariat of the AU (and is somewhat analogous to the European Commission). The Abuja Treaty is a Pan-African international agreement signed on June 3rd 1991 in Abuja, Nigeria. CEN-SAD or the Community of Sahel-Saharan States ( French: Communauté des Etats Sahélo-Sahariens Arabic: تجمع دول الساحل والصحراء The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa, is a Preferential trading area with nineteen member states stretching from Libya to Zimbabwe. The East African Community ( EAC) is an intergovernmental organisation comprising five east African countries The Economic Community of Central African States ( ECCAS; French: Communauté Économique des États d'Afrique Centrale; Spanish: Comunidad The Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa (or CEMAC from its name in French, Communauté Économique et Monétaire de l'Afrique Centrale The Economic Community of West African States ( ECOWAS) is a regional group of fifteen West African countries founded on May 28 The West African Economic and Monetary Union (or UEMOA from its name in French, Union économique et monétaire ouest-africaine) is an organization The West African Monetary Zone is a group of 5 countries in ECOWAS that plan to introduce a common currency the Eco by the year 2009. The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD Autorité intergouvernementale pour le développement is a seven-country regional development Organization in The Southern African Development Community ( SADC) is an Inter-governmental organization. Southern African Customs Union ( SACU) is a Customs union among five countries of Southern Africa. The Arab Maghreb Union ( Arabic: اتحاد المغرب العربي transliterated: Ittihad al-Maghrib al-Araby French The African Central Bank (ACB is one of the three financial institutions of the African Union. The Africa Monetary Fund will be an African Union financial institution though in time its responsibilities will be transferred to the African Central Bank. The African Investment Bank (AIB is one of three financial institutions of the African Union (AU along with the African Monetary Fund and the African Central The New Partnership for Africa's Development ( NEPAD) is an Economic development program of the African Union. The African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM is a mutually agreed instrument voluntarily acceded to by the member states of the African Union (AU as a self-monitoring mechanism When the African Union (AU was founded in 2001 it represented almost the entire African continent The individual member States of the African Union (AU coordinate foreign policy through this agency in addition to conducting their own International relations Information on politics by country is available for every Country, including both De jure and De facto independent The African Union (abbreviated AU in English, and UA in its other working languages is a Confederation consisting of 53 African The European Commission (formally the Commission of the European Communities) is the executive branch of the European Union. It consists of a number of Commissioners dealing with different areas of policy. The Commission is headquartered in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Headquarters (HQ denotes the location where most if not all of the important functions of an organization are concentrated Addis Ababa (sometimes spelled Addis Abeba, the spelling used by the official Ethiopian Mapping Authority Amharic NOTE This intro is the result of careful NPOV work Please do not make potentially controversial edits to it without first discussing on the talk page It should be distinguished from the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights, (based in Banjul, Gambia), which is a separate body that reports to the African Union. The African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights ( ACHPR) is a Quasi-judicial body tasked with promoting and protecting Human rights and collective Banjul (formerly Bathurst officially the City of Banjul, is the Capital of The Gambia, and located within the division of the

Jean Ping is Chairman of the Commission. Jean Ping (born November 24, 1942) is a Gabonese diplomat and politician who is currently the Chairperson of the Commission of the African Union The Commission of the African Union serves as the AU's administrative branch and as a secretariat of the Pan African Parliament

Patrick Mazimhaka is Deputy Chairman. Patrick Kayumbu Mazimhaka is the former Deputy Chairperson of the African Union 's African Commission.

Directorate of Conferences and Events is headed by Mohamed A. K. Mustoofa

Directorate of Peace and Security is headed by Said Djinnit

Directorate of Political Affairs is headed by Julia Dolly Joiner

Directorate of Infrastructure and Energy is headed by Bernard Zoba

Directorate of Social Affairs is headed by Bience P. Gawanas

Directorate of Human Resources, Science and Technology is headed by Nagia Essayed

Directorate of Trade and Industry is headed by Elisabeth Tankeu

Directorate of Rural Economy and Agriculture is headed by Rosebud Kurwijila

Directorate of Economic Affairs is headed by Maxwell Mkwezalamba

Office of the Legal Counsel

On September 13, 2005 an agreement was reached by the Commission and France whereby France would donate €5 million for the furtherance of African Union activities. Amb Said Djinnit (سعيد جينيت (born June 7, 1954) is an Algerian Politician and currently serves as the Special Representative of the Julia Dolly Joiner ( November 11, 1956 Banjul, Gambia) is a Gambian Politician. Dr Bernard Zoba of the Republic of the Congo (Congo-Brazzaville is Commissioner of Infrastructure and Energy for the African Union 's African Commission Bience Philomina Gawanas (Born 1956 in Namibia) is Commissioner of Social Affairs on the African Commission. Prof. Dr. Eng Nagia Essayed is a Libyan Politician. She is Commissioner of Human Resources Science and Technology for the African Elisabeth Tankeu is the African Union 's Commissioner of Trade and Industry. Rosebud Kurwijila, of Tanzania, is the African Union 's Commissioner for Rural Economy and Agriculture. Maxwell Mkwezalamba is a Malawian Politician and Economist born on December 22 1959 Events 509 BC - The Temple of Jupiter on Rome 's Capitoline Hill is dedicated on the ides of September Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Please update other articles as well to avoid contradiction within Wikipedia e Some of the initiatives this money will got to are an African Communication Policy and an African Common Defence Force. The signatory on behalf of the Commission was Bernard Zoba.

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