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Monrovia Powers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 May 2009

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Representatives of twenty independent African states [Cameroun, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo (Brazzaville), Dahomey, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Libya, Malagasy, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Togo, Tunisia, and Upper Volta] met in Monrovia from May 8 to 12, 1961, to consider four major items: means of promoting better understanding and cooperation toward achieving unity in Africa; threats to peace and stability in Africa; establishment of special machinery to which African states might refer in case of disputes among themselves; and possible contribution of African states to world peace. Ghana, Guinea, Mali, Morocco, the Sudan, and the United Arab Republic were unrepresented at the conference.

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International Organizations: Summary of Activities: II. Political and Regional Groupings in Africa
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International Organization , Volume 16 , Issue 2 , Spring 1962 , pp. 439 - 443
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Copyright © The IO Foundation 1962

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