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Organization of African Unity

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 May 2009

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The Addis Ababa Conference of Independent African States was held on May 22–25, 1963, and was attended by the heads of state of 30 African countries. The Conference adopted six resolutions and a Charter to establish an organization to be known as the Organization of African Unity (OAU).

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International Organizations: Summary of Activities III. Political and Regional Organizations
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Copyright © The IO Foundation 1963

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1 Africa Report, June 1963 (Vol. 8, No. 6), pp. 913Google Scholar. The countries represented at the Conference by heads of state were Algeria, Burundi, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, Chad, the Congo (Brazzaville), the Congo (Leopoldville), Dahomey, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Libya, the Malagasy Republic, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, the Somali Republic, Sudan, Tanganyika, Tunisia, Uganda, the United Arab Republic, and Upper Volta.