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African Union Department of Political Affairs
AbbreviationDPA
TypeCommission of the African Union
Legal statusActive
HeadquartersAddis Ababa, Ethiopia
Commissioner
Cessouma Minata Samate
Parent organization
African Union Commission
Websiteau.int/pa

The African Union Department of Political Affairs (DPA) is a department of the African Union Commission that is responsible for promoting, facilitating, coordinating and encouraging democratic principles and the rule of law.

Mandate

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The principal mandate of the Department is to contribute to the emergence of a political environment within and among African countries that is conducive to bringing about sustainable development and accelerating economic integration.[1] The Department works to achieve this mandate through:[2]

  • Promoting African Union shared values
  • Implementing sustainable solutions to humanitarian and political crises
  • Coordinating implementation of the African Governance Architecture and its platform, as well as hosting its Secretariat
  • Promoting a Visa Free Africa through the Agenda 2063 initiative of The African Passport and Free Movement of People
  • Coordinating African Union election observation and monitoring missions
  • Providing technical support to the member states' electoral bodies
  • Serving as the Secretariat for the Committee of Ten Heads of State and Government on United Nations Security Council Reform
  • Serving as the Secretariat for the Ministerial Committee on African Candidatures Within the International System

Divisions

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Democracy, Governance, Human Rights and Elections (DGHRE)

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Humanitarian Affairs, Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons (HARDP)

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References

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  1. ^ "African Union Handbook 2019" (PDF). African Union Handbook a Guide for Those Working with and within the African Union (6th ed.). Addis Ababa/Wellington: African Union Commission/New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade: 100. 2019. ISSN 2350-3335.
  2. ^ "About Political Affairs (DPA)". African Union. African Union Commission. n.d. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
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