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 Sirte,

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. The Declaration announces decisions to: *establish the African Union *speed up the implementation of the provisions of the Abuja Treaty, to create an

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, African Central Bank,

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and Pan-African Parliament, 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 Lusaka in 2001, when the plan for the implementation of the African Union was adopted. The first session of the Assembly of the African Union 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 Sirte 1999 in Libya {{Africa-hist-stub

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