Saturday, December 15, 2007
Peace and Security Architecture
(ISS Today)-Progress and success in the efforts towards the establishment of the African Peace and Security Architecture (APSA) have been mixed. The first notes of progress and success certainly relate to the bold constitutional provisions for the right of intervention by the African Union, something that was unimaginable during the first generation of continental integration when the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) charter principles of sovereign equality, non-interference in the affairs of member states and the pacific settlement of disputes were held as political articles of faith. Another important step is the establishment of the African Union’s Peace and Security Council, which has the African Standby Force as its operational instrument. This contrasts starkly with the OAU’s Central Organ that lacked the capacity to implement its decisions relating to peacekeeping interventions.
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