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{{Short description|1999 declaration to form the African Union}}
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The '''Sirte Declaration''' was the resolution adopted by the [[Organisation of African Unity]] on 9 September 1999, at the fourth Extraordinary Session of the OAU Assembly of African Heads of State and Government held at [[Sirte]], [[Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya|Libya]]. The Declaration announced decisions to:<ref>{{Cite journal |date=1999-07-14 |title=Sirte Declaration |url=https://archives.au.int/handle/123456789/10157 |language=en}}</ref>
*establish the [[African Union]]
*speed up the implementation of the provisions of the [[Abuja Treaty]], to create an [[African Economic Community]], [[African Central Bank]], [[African Monetary Union]], [[African Court of Justice]] and [[Pan-African Parliament]], with the Parliament to be established by 2000
*prepare a [[Constitutive Act of the African Union]] that can be ratified by 31 December 2000 and become effective the following year
*give President [[Abdelaziz Bouteflika]] of Algeria and President [[Thabo Mbeki]] 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 [[Lomé]] 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 [[Durban]] on 9 July 2002.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Sirte Declaration: The 24-year journey of the African Union - TRT Afrika |url=https://trtafrika.com/insight/sirte-declaration-the-24-year-journey-of-the-african-union-14889609 |access-date=2025-01-04 |website=Sirte Declaration: The 24-year journey of the African Union |language=en}}</ref>

The inaugural session of the Pan-African Parliament was held in March 2004.

==See also==
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*[[African Union]]
*[[Organisation of African Unity]]
*[[Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya]]
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== References ==
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==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20050221080710/http://www.un.int/libya/sirte_dc.htm Text of the Sirte Declaration]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20050419003614/http://www.uneca.org/adfiii/riefforts/hist2.htm History behind the Sirte Declaration]

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[[Category:History of Sirte]]
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