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1 online resource (viii, 68 pages) |
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Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Acknowledgements; List of acronyms; Preface: Backgrund to this study; 1. FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS; Member states; Conduct of and follow-up to summits; The AU Commission; ECOSOCC; Civil society; 2. BACKGROUND: THE AFRICAN UNION; 3. PREPARATION OF AU SUMMITS AT CONTINENTAL LEVEL; Preparation of the agenda; Distribution of documents to member states; The role of the Permanent Representatives Committee; Building consensus by region; Conduct of the summit; Follow-up to summit decisions; 4. PREPARATIONS FOR SUMMITS BY MEMBER STATES |
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National structures responsible for foreign affairsEngagement with national parliaments; Composition of national summit delegations; 5. REGIONAL ECONOMIC COMMUNITIES AND THE AFRICAN UNION; Civil society engagement with regional institutions; 6. THE AFRICAN UNION COMMISSION: OUTREACH TO CIVIL SOCIETY; The African Citizens' Directorate; The African Union-Civil Society Organisation Forum; The Women, Gender and Development Directorate and the Women's Forum; 7. THE ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL COUNCIL; Legal framework; ECOSOCC interim national chapters; Evaluation |
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8. AUTONOMOUS CIVIL SOCIETY ENGAGEMENT WITH THE AFRICAN UNIONPreparatory meetings; Observer status and accreditation; Parallel meetings; Host government obstruction; 9. KEY DECISIONS AT SUMMITS IN 2006; The Draft Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance; The Hissène Habré case; Decision on the presidency of the African Union; Annual Activity Report of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights; The Draft Single Legal Instrument on the Merger of the African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights and the Court of Justice of the African Union |
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The seat of the African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights10. UPDATE: JANUARY-NOVEMBER 2007; Introduction; The creation of the Union Government; The election of commissioners; Developments on the Economic, Social and Cultural Council (ECOSOCC); Civil society participation at the Accra summit; INDIVIDUALS CONSULTED FOR THIS REPORT; ORGANISATIONS INVOLVED; ENDNOTES; Back Cover |
| Notes |
"Researched and written by Ibrahima Kane and Nobuntu Mbelle"--Acknowledgements |
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"Updated November 2007." |
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"January 2007." |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
African Union.
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| SUBJECT |
African Union. fast (OCoLC)fst00764593 |
| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Mbelle, Nobuntu
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| ISBN |
9781920489625 |
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1920489622 |
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