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Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2001 13:12:40 EST
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Subject: [wa-afr] [unioNews]Burkina Faso Ratifies African Union Treaty
Thema: [unioNews]Burkina Faso Ratifies African Union Treaty
Datum: 07.02.01 16:43:14 (MEZ) Mitteleuropäische Zeit
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Burkina Faso Ratifies African Union Treaty
Members of the Burkina Faso National Assembly Tuesday unanimously ratified
the constituent act of the African Union, a parliamentary press release
issued in Ouagadougou Wednesday said.
The African Union project was launched at an OAU Extraordinary Heads of State
Summit in Sirte (Libya) in 1999, and adopted in Lome in July 2000.
To date, 27 countries have signed the act while Burkina, Central African
Republic, Chad, Djibouti, Libya, Mali, Niger, Arab Sahrawi Democratic
Republic (RASD), Senegal, Somalia, Sudan and Togo have ratified it.
"Opting for an effective integration of African countries, the Burkina Faso
authorities believe that only big continental, regional and sub-regional
groupings have a chance to survive in the face of globalisation," Prime
Minister Paramanga Ernest Yonli told parliamentarians in allusion to the
treaty.
"Without unity, Africa will not be able to take up the numerous present and
future challenges facing it," Yonli said.
The African Union comprises nine organs - The Union Conference, the Executive
Council, the Pan-African Parliament, the Court of Justice and the Commission.
Others include are the Committee of Permanent Representatives, the
Specialised Technical Committees, the Economic, Social and Cultural Council
and the financial institutions.
Panafrican News Agency * February 7, 2001 * Ouagadougou / BURKINA FASO
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