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Foreign relations of the African Union

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Foreign relations of the African Union

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.

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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 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
  • South Africa
  • G33
  • G90
  • Group of 77
  • Indian Ocean Commission
  • Liptako-Gourma Authority
  • Mano River Union
  • OPEC

    • Linguistic

  • Community of Portuguese Language Countries
  • Organization of Ibero-American States
  • Equatorial Guinea

    • Religious

  • Organisation of Islamic Cooperation

    • Diplomatic missions

    The African Union maintains special diplomatic representation with the United States, and the European Union. 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.

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