The African Union (AU) is an intergovernmental organization of African States created on July 9, 2002, in Durban, South Africa, pursuant to the Sirte declaration of September 9, 1999. It replaces the Organization of African Unity2 (OUA). Its institutions (Commission, Pan-African Parliament and Peace and Security Council) were set up in July 2003, at the Maputo summit in Mozambique.
