Ghana, Guinea, Mali background

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At a meeting in Accra, which took place from April 27 to 29, 1961, Presidents Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana, Sekou Toure of Guinea, and Modibo Keita of Mali signed a charter formally establishing a tripartite Union of African States. The charter came into effect upon its simultaneous publication on July I in the capitals of Ghana, Guinea, and Mali after the three The Union charter, which was to be open to signature to all African states that accepted its objectives and which designated the Union of African States as the "nucleus of the United States of Africa," sought: I) to strengthen cooperation between the member states politically, diplomatically, economically, and culturally; 2) to pool the resources of member states in order to consolidate their independence and safeguard their territorial integrity; 3) to achieve joint collaboration for the liquidation of imperialism, colonialism, and neocolonialism in Africa and the building up of African unity; and 4) to harmonize the domestic and foreign policy of members in order to make their activities more effective. Included among the functions of the Union were to be the working out of a common domestic orientation of the member states, strict observance of a concerted diplomacy, organization of a system of joint defense, definition of a common set of directives relating to economic planning, and rehabilitation and development of African culture.


from:

Ghana-Guinea-Mali Union (Union of African States) International Organization, Vol. 16, No. 2, Africa and International Organization. (Spring, 1962), pp. 443-444. Stable URL: http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0020-8183%28196221%2916%3A2%3C443%3AGU%28OAS%3E2.0.CO%3B2-%23