Libya News and Views Thursday, 24 May, 2001: The Organization of African Unity (OAU) is being transformed on Saturday into a higher form of union as envisaged by its founding fathers on 25 May, 1963, when signing its historic Charter. Thirty-eight years later, a day after OAU's anniversary, the Constitutive Act of the African Union, which replaces the OAU, attains the legal requirement for entering into force, 30 days after the deposit of the instruments of ratification of the Act by two-thirds of member states. In line with the decisions of the 5th OAU extraordinary summit held 1-2 March this year at Sirte, Libya, the African Union becomes both a political and legal reality on 26 May, as proclaimed by Article 28 of its Constitutive Act. [The Daily Monitor] _________________________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. Box 66 00841 Helsinki Phone +358-40-7177941 Fax +358-9-7591081 http://www.kominf.pp.fi General class struggle news: [EMAIL PROTECTED] subscribe mails to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Geopolitical news: [EMAIL PROTECTED] subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] __________________________________________________
