Organization of African Unity

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The Organization of African Unity was a continental intergovernmental organization, founded in 1963 and later succeeded by the African Union, that aimed to promote unity, solidarity, and political and economic cooperation among African states while supporting decolonization and the end of apartheid.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf continental organization ⓘ
intergovernmental organization ⓘ
international organization ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Ethiopia ⓘ
dateSigned 1963-05-25 ⓘ
dissolved 2002-07-09 ⓘ
followedBy African Union Constitutive Act implementation ⓘ
foundingDocument Charter of the Organization of African Unity ⓘ
foundingLocation Addis Ababa ⓘ
foundingMember Algeria ⓘ
Benin ⓘ
Burkina Faso ⓘ
Burundi ⓘ
Cameroon ⓘ
Central African Republic ⓘ
Chad ⓘ
Congo-Brazzaville ⓘ
Congo-Léopoldville ⓘ
Egypt ⓘ
Ethiopia ⓘ
Gabon ⓘ
Ghana ⓘ
Guinea ⓘ
Ivory Coast ⓘ
linked to: Côte d'Ivoire

Kenya ⓘ
Liberia ⓘ
Libya ⓘ
Madagascar ⓘ
Mali ⓘ
Mauritania ⓘ
Morocco ⓘ
Niger ⓘ
Nigeria ⓘ
Rwanda ⓘ
Senegal ⓘ
Sierra Leone ⓘ
Somalia ⓘ
Sudan ⓘ
Tanganyika ⓘ
Togo ⓘ
Tunisia ⓘ
Uganda ⓘ
goal coordinate and intensify cooperation for development ⓘ
defend sovereignty and territorial integrity of member states ⓘ
eradicate all forms of colonialism in Africa ⓘ
promote unity and solidarity among African states ⓘ
support the struggle against apartheid ⓘ
hasPart Assembly of Heads of State and Government ⓘ
Council of Ministers ⓘ
General Secretariat ⓘ
headquartersLocation Addis Ababa ⓘ
inception 1963-05-25 ⓘ
legalForm charter-based organization ⓘ
memberOf United Nations observer system ⓘ
motto Unity and Solidarity ⓘ
numberOfMembers 53 ⓘ
officialLanguage Arabic ⓘ
English ⓘ
French ⓘ
Portuguese ⓘ
linked to: Portuguese language

Spanish ⓘ
replaced Union of African States ⓘ
replacedBy African Union ⓘ
secretaryGeneral Diallo Telli ⓘ
Edem Kodjo ⓘ
Salim Ahmed Salim ⓘ
shortName OAU ⓘ

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Abuja Treaty → adoptedBy → Organization of African Unity ⓘ
African Economic Community → establishedBy → Organization of African Unity ⓘ
African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights → adoptedBy → Organization of African Unity ⓘ
African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights → predecessorOrganization → Organization of African Unity ⓘ
African Union institutional system → replaced → Organization of African Unity institutional framework ⓘ
linked to: Organization of African Unity
Pan-African Parliament → foundingOrganization → Organization of African Unity ⓘ
subject linked to: PAP
apartheid government of South Africa → facedSanctionsFrom → Organization of African Unity ⓘ
Abuja Accord → supportedBy → Organization of African Unity ⓘ
Abuja Accord → abbreviationOfSupportingOrganization → OAU ⓘ
linked to: Organization of African Unity
Aouzou Strip → annexationNotRecognizedBy → Organization of African Unity ⓘ
Lusaka Protocol → mediatedBy → Organization of African Unity ⓘ
Secretary-General of the Organization of African Unity → partOf → Organization of African Unity ⓘ
African National Congress headquarters in exile → supportedBy → Organization of African Unity ⓘ
Consciencism → relatedTo → Organization of African Unity ⓘ
Western Sahara conflict → relatedOrganization → Organization of African Unity ⓘ
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic → formerMemberOf → Organization of African Unity ⓘ
Eritrea–Ethiopia border → relatedOrganization → Organization of African Unity ⓘ
Algiers Agreement → mediatedBy → Organization of African Unity ⓘ
Algiers Agreement → witnessedBy → Organization of African Unity ⓘ
African boycott over New Zealand rugby tour of apartheid South Africa → participant → Organisation of African Unity ⓘ
linked to: Organization of African Unity
African boycott over New Zealand rugby tour of apartheid South Africa → mainOrganisingBody → Organisation of African Unity ⓘ
linked to: Organization of African Unity
South African Border War → involvedOrganization → Organization of African Unity ⓘ
subject linked to: Border War
Lomé Peace Agreement → mediatedBy → Organization of African Unity ⓘ
OCAM → relatedTo → Organisation of African Unity ⓘ
linked to: Organization of African Unity
First Malagasy Republic → memberOf → Organisation of African Unity ⓘ
linked to: Organization of African Unity
Federal Military Government of Nigeria → memberOf → Organization of African Unity ⓘ
ECOMOG → cooperatedWith → Organization of African Unity ⓘ
Armed Forces Revolutionary Council → notRecognizedBy → Organization of African Unity ⓘ
Government of Rhodesia → notRecognizedBy → Organization of African Unity ⓘ
Patriotic Front → supportedBy → Organization of African Unity ⓘ
Banjul Charter → adoptedBy → Organization of African Unity ⓘ
Banjul Charter → adoptedBy → OAU ⓘ
linked to: Organization of African Unity
ACHPR → establishedBy → Organization of African Unity ⓘ
ACHPR → predecessorOrganization → Organization of African Unity ⓘ
African Union → precededBy → Organisation of African Unity ⓘ
linked to: Organization of African Unity
AU Constitutive Act → adoptedBy → Organization of African Unity ⓘ
Charter of the Organization of African Unity → establishes → Organization of African Unity ⓘ
Charter of the Organization of African Unity → legalBasisFor → Organization of African Unity ⓘ
Member States of the Organization of African Unity → partOf → Organization of African Unity ⓘ
AEC Treaty → adoptedBy → Organization of African Unity ⓘ
AEC Treaty → adoptedBy → OAU ⓘ
linked to: Organization of African Unity
Yamoussoukro Decision → adoptedUnderAuspicesOf → Organization of African Unity ⓘ
Organization of African Unity → shortName → OAU ⓘ
linked to: Organization of African Unity
African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights → foundedBy → Organization of African Unity ⓘ
subject linked to: African Commission