Key documents

Official documents related to the OAU and AU process

• OAU / AU documents
  • Sirte declaration, 9 Sep 1999
  • Addis Ababa Council of Ministers, Mar 2000 (Decision on Implementation of Sirte Declaration)
  • Lomé Summit, Jul 2000 (Decision on the AU and PAP)
  • Sirte Extra-Ordinary Summit Report and Decisions, Mar 2001
  • Lusaka Summit, Jul 2001 (Decision on the Implementation of the Sirte Summit Decision on the AU) (.pdf document)
  • AU Constitutive Act, 11 Jul 2000
  • OAU Charter, 25 May 1963
  • AEC Treaty, 3 Jun 1991
  • PAP Protocol, 2 Mar 2001
  • Africa moves to launch a Conference on Security, Stability, Development & Co-operation in Africa (CSSDCA) (Kampala document)
  • NEPAD document
  • Protocol Relating to the Establishment of the Peace and Security Council of the African Union, 9 Jul 2002
    
• Other documents
  • UNGA57: Final Review and Appraisal of UN-NADAF and Support for NEPAD, Nov 2002 (outside link - pdf)
  • NEPAD: Heads of State Implementation Committee V Communiqué, Nov 2002
  • NEPAD: Report to the Heads of State Implementation Committee, July - October 2002, Nov 2002
  • UN: Statement on Behalf of the AU to the Ad Hoc Committee of the Whole of the General Assembly for the Final Review and Appraisal of the UN-NADAF, Sep 2002 (outside link)
  • UNGA57: UN Declaration on NEPAD, Sep 2002 (outside link)
  • UNGA57: Report by President Mbeki on the Panel Discussion on the International Community's Partnership with NEPAD, Sep 2002 (outside link)
  • NEPAD Heads of State Implementation Committee IV, Jul 2002 (no communiqué issued due to AU Summit)
  • G8 Africa Action Plan, Jun 2002 (outside link)
  • UNECA ADFIII, Mar 2002: Consensus Statement and the Way Forward
  • NEPAD Heads of State Implementation Committee III Communiqué, Jun 2002
  • NEPAD Heads of State Implementation Committee II Communiqué, Mar 2002
  • NEPAD Heads of State Implemenation Committee I Communiqué, Oct 2001