Charter of the Organization of African Unity

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constitutive instrument of an international organization founding treaty international agreement multilateral treaty

The Charter of the Organization of African Unity was the founding treaty that established the Organization of African Unity in 1963 to promote unity, solidarity, and cooperation among African states and support their liberation from colonial rule.

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Label	Occurrences
Charter of the Organization of African Unity canonical	2

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	constitutive instrument of an international organization ⓘ founding treaty ⓘ international agreement ⓘ multilateral treaty ⓘ
adoptedBy	founding members of the Organization of African Unity ⓘ independent African states ⓘ
adoptedIn	Addis Ababa NERFINISHED ⓘ
adoptedInCountry	Ethiopia NERFINISHED ⓘ
adoptionDate	1963-05-25 ⓘ
aimsTo	eliminate racial discrimination and apartheid in Africa ⓘ support liberation movements in Africa ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	OAU Charter NERFINISHED ⓘ
cameIntoForceInYear	1963 ⓘ
containsProvisionOn	Assembly of Heads of State and Government NERFINISHED ⓘ Council of Ministers NERFINISHED ⓘ General Secretariat of the Organization of African Unity NERFINISHED ⓘ
defines	organs of the Organization of African Unity ⓘ
establishes	Organization of African Unity NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalContext	post-colonial African independence era ⓘ
language	Arabic ⓘ English ⓘ French ⓘ Spanish ⓘ
legalBasisFor	Organization of African Unity NERFINISHED ⓘ
principle	condemnation of political assassination ⓘ condemnation of subversive activities by neighboring states ⓘ non-interference in the internal affairs of states ⓘ peaceful settlement of disputes ⓘ respect for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of each state ⓘ sovereign equality of all member states ⓘ unreserved condemnation of apartheid ⓘ unreserved condemnation of colonialism ⓘ
purpose	coordinate and intensify cooperation for development among African states ⓘ defend the independence of African states ⓘ defend the sovereignty of African states ⓘ defend the territorial integrity of African states ⓘ eradicate all forms of colonialism from Africa ⓘ promote international cooperation ⓘ promote peace and security in Africa ⓘ promote unity and solidarity among African states ⓘ
region	Africa ⓘ
relatedOrganization	African Union NERFINISHED ⓘ
signedAt	Summit of African Heads of State and Government in Addis Ababa NERFINISHED ⓘ
subjectMatter	collective security ⓘ decolonization ⓘ economic cooperation ⓘ political cooperation ⓘ regional integration ⓘ social and cultural cooperation ⓘ
supersededBy	Constitutive Act of the African Union NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Constitutive Act of the African Union → replaced → Charter of the Organization of African Unity ⓘ

Constitutive Act of the African Union → preambleMentions → Charter of the Organization of African Unity ⓘ