Durban summit documents

Agendas || Declarations, decisions, reports || Speeches 

Other documentation || Documentation of related events

• Agendas
  • Council of Ministers 76th Ordinary Session, Committee of Ambassadors and other plenipotentiaries 15th Ordinary Session,
    28-29 June 2002
  • Council of Ministers 76th Ordinary Session, 11th Ordinary Session of the AEC,
    4-6 July 2002
  • Assembly of Heads of State and Government 38th Ordinary Session of the Organization of African Unity,
    8 July 2002
  • Assembly of the African Union 1st Ordinary Session,
    9-10 July 2002

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• Declarations, decisions and reports

  • First Ordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the AU, 9-10 July 2002
    • Decisions and Declarations (AU)
      • Durban Declaration
    • Decision (AEC)
    • Protocol Relating to the Establishment of the Peace and Security Council of the African Union
    • Rules of Procedure of the Assembly (pdf format)
    • Rules of Procedure of the Executive Council (pdf format)
    • Rules of Procedure of the Permanent Representatives Committee (pdf format)
    • Statutes of the Commission (pdf format)
  • First Ordinary Session of the Executive Council of the AU, 9-10 July 2002
    • Regulation (AEC)
  • 38th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the OAU, 8 July 2002
    • Decisions and Declarations
    • African Peer Review Mechanism
  • 76th Session of the OAU Council of Ministers, 4-7 July 2002
    • Decisions of Council
    • Report of Council

  • Special Session of the AU Council of Ministers, 1-2 July 2002 

    • Report of Council
    • Addendum to the Report of Council

  • 15th Session of the Committee of Ambassadors and Other Plenipotentiaries, 28-29 June 2002 

    • Report of the Committee

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• Speeches

  • Inaugural Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the AU, 9-10 July 2002
    • Statement on behalf of African parliaments by the Speaker of the South African National Assembly, Dr F Ginwala
  • Launch of the African Union, 9 July 2002
    • Address by South African President, Mr Thabo Mbeki
  • 38th Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the OAU, 8 July 2002
    • Opening Address by South African President, Mr Thabo Mbeki
    • Opening Statement by OAU Secretary-General, Mr Amara Essy (English text; French text)
    • Address by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan
  • 76th Session of the OAU Council of Ministers, 4-7 July 2002
    • Closing Statement by South African Minister of Foreign Affairs, Dr NC Dlamini Zuma
    • Statement by OAU Secretary-General, Mr Amara Essy (English text; French text)
    • Statement by UNECA Executive Secretary, Mr KY Amoako

    • Acceptance Speech by South African Minister of Foreign Affairs, Dr NC Dlamini Zuma

    • Address by South African Deputy President, Dr J Zuma

  • Special Session of the AU Council of Ministers, 1 July 2002 

    • Statement by OAU Secretary-General, Mr Amara Essy (English text; French text)

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• Other documentation

  • Organs of the African Union (requires Flash Player)

  • Constitutive Act of the African Union: list of countries that have signed, ratified/acceded as at 18 June 2002 (outside link, pdf format)

  • Treaty Establishing the African Economic Community: list of countries that have signed, ratified/acceded as at 16 May 2002 (outside link, pdf format)