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Pressespiegel, Afrikanische Union

02. Februar 2009

AU takes further steps toward United States of Africa

African Union (AU) chairperson and Tanzanian President, Jakaya Kikwete, says African Heads of State have resolved to transform the African Commission into an AU authority that will be mandated to guide the process for the eventual establishment of a ''United States of Africa.'' Kikwete says the new structure and the role of the authority will be discussed during a summit in July.
The Union debate has been on the agenda for a few years now, led by Libya's Muammer Gadaffi and supported by Senegal's Abdouleye Wade. Gadaffi has for years pressed for a federal pan-regional government, arguing that it is essential to meet the challenges of globalisation, fight poverty and resolve conflicts without Western interference.

However, diplomats inside the Heads of State gathering said it was a heated debate. All 53 AU member states agreed in principle with the goal of continental integration. But some, led by South Africa, say it must be a gradual process. And as analysts monitoring the process predicted, a compromise was reached. Kikwete says the Commission will now be transformed into the Union authority and this would be a step into the eventual establishment of a Union government.

The current AU commissions will then be transformed into specific secretariat portfolios like climate change and trade. The leaders also discussed whether to officially call for the lifting of sanctions against Zimbabwe as President Robert Mugabe prepares to share power with the opposition MDC in a unity government.

On the first day of the African Union summit in Addis Ababa, leaders said the measure would help to ease the humanitarian situation in Zimbabwe.

By Crystal Orderson, Addis Ababa

Source: www.sabcnews.com

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