The Sirte Declaration was the resolution adopted by the

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on 9 September 1999, at the fourth Extraordinary Session of the OAU Assembly of African Heads of State and Government held at

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. The Declaration announced decisions to: *establish the

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*speed up the implementation of the provisions of the Abuja Treaty, to create an African Economic Community, African Central Bank, African Monetary Union,

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and

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, with the Parliament to be established by 2000 *prepare a

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that can be ratified by 31 December 2000 and become effective the following year *give President

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of Algeria and President

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of South Africa a mandate to negotiate for the cancellation of the African indebtedness *convene an African Ministerial Conference on security, stability, development and co-operation The Declaration was followed by summits at

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in 2000, when the Constitutive Act of the African Union was adopted, and at

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in 2001, when the plan for the implementation of the African Union was adopted. The first session of the

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was held in

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on 9 July 2002. The inaugural session of the Pan-African Parliament was held in March 2004.

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Text of the Sirte Declaration
African Union treaties Treaties concluded in 1999 History of Sirte 1999 in Libya {{Treaty-stub

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