Foreign relations of the African Union explained

The individual member states of the African Union (AU) coordinate foreign policy through this agency, in addition to conducting their own international relations on a state-by-state basis. The AU represents the interests of African peoples at large in intergovernmental organizations (IGO's); for instance, it is a permanent observer at the United Nations' General Assembly.

Other intergovernmental organizations

Membership of the AU overlaps with other IGO's, and occasionally these third-party organizations and the AU will coordinate matters of public policy.

Political

Non-Aligned Movement (Every AU member state, except South Sudan and the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic)

Commonwealth of Nations

Regional

Arab League

Arab Maghreb Union

Community of Sahel-Saharan States

Conseil de l'Entente

Economic

Greater Arab Free Trade Area

Economic Community of the Great Lakes Countries

G20 developing nations

G-20 major economies

G33

G90

Group of 77

Indian Ocean Commission

Liptako–Gourma Authority

Mano River Union

OPEC

Linguistic

Community of Portuguese Language Countries

Organisation internationale de la Francophonie

Organization of Ibero-American States

Religious

Organisation of Islamic Cooperation

Diplomatic missions

The African Union maintains special diplomatic representation with the United States,[1] European Union, and as of 2022 has plans for a mission to the People's Republic of China.[2] In 2011, the United States Mission to the African Union donated a state of the art multimedia box to the cash-starved African Union in a formal ceremony, in which they also presented new interns who will be trained to use it.[3]

Foreign relations of constituent states

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: United States Mission to the African Union. United States Mission to the African Union. May 10, 2012.
  2. Gençtürk . Ahmet . 10 February 2022 . African Union to open permanent mission in Beijing . Press release . . 16 February 2022 .
  3. Web site: United States Mission to the African Union donates Audio Visual Broadcast Media Multi Box to the AUC. United States Mission to the African Union. September 22, 2011. May 10, 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20150925105356/http://www.usau.usmission.gov/-mult-box-grant-to-the-auc-09/22/11.html. September 25, 2015. dead.

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