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the beginning of a new era of bilateral relations between the two countries in which counterterrorism would play a major role. Second, it was the start of a more serious continental counterterrorism dialogue – one that was driven by the impact of the 1998 US embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania. In light of these attacks, the US ramped up its counterterrorism efforts in East Africa while the Organization of African Unity (OAU, but now AU) adopted the Convention on the Prevention and Combating on Terrorism, which both defined terrorism and marked the first
Most of these principles are encapsulated in four crucial Charter provisions: Articles 1, 2, 55 and 56. 33 It is well known that a number of regional organisations (e.g. the Organization of American States (OAS), the Organization of African Unity (OAU), the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), the Association
–South conflicts. The League of Arab States (Arab League) and the Organization of American States (OAS), 73 founded in 1945 and 1948 respectively, were joined by the Organization of African Unity (OAU) in 1963 and the Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN) in 1967. Although the Cold War inescapably influenced the formation and policies of these organisations, they added a
ago, the Secretary-General of the Organization of African Unity … appealed to the international community to give full support to the United Nations peacekeeping operations in Angola, and he further added that this was the time to strengthen the United Nations presence instead of withdrawing or reducing it, if Angola is to be prevented from sliding into