{"id":5373,"date":"2023-05-29T04:58:21","date_gmt":"2023-05-29T04:58:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mae.gov.bi\/en\/?p=5373"},"modified":"2023-06-02T05:06:07","modified_gmt":"2023-06-02T05:06:07","slug":"celebration-of-the-60th-anniversary-of-the-creation-of-the-african-union-organization","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mae.gov.bi\/en\/celebration-of-the-60th-anniversary-of-the-creation-of-the-african-union-organization\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebration of the 60th anniversary of the creation of the African Union Organization"},"content":{"rendered":"

On may 25, 2023, at Zion Beach in Bujumbura Town Hall, the Office of the High Representative of the African Union Commission organized a celebration for the 60th<\/sup>  anniversary of the creation of the African Union Organization in collaboration with the Ugandan Embassy in Burundi (Dean of the Diplomatic Corps). This event was also organized to mark the Africa Day and it saw the participation of the Diplomatic Corps accredited in Burundi, the Representatives of various International Organizations in the presence of the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Development Cooperation His Excellency Ambassador Albert SHINGIRO.<\/p>\n

On the sidelines of the celebration of Africa Day, the group of African Ambassadors to Burundi organized a round table, during which the discussions on the creation, objectives, structures and the organs of the African Union were outfits. The Participants also addressed the topics of legal, judicial and human rights organs as well as the key instruments of the African Union and their departments.<\/p>\n

\"\"The High Representative of the African Union in Burundi Mr. Sghair M’BARECK SAID read to the participants the entire speech of the President of the African Union Commission His Excellency Mr. MOUSSA Faki Mahamat. He said that on may 25, 1963, the Organization of the African Unity came out of the baptismal sixty years later, in this month of may 2023, as every year, they celebrate the creative genius of the founding fathers who, in their pan-Africanism, laid the groundwork for an Africa to be built. To stand the test of time, this construction had to be based on solid shared values, the most fundamental of which was embodied in the collective quest for political freedom, peace and social prosperity, as an essential prerequisite for development, but that this celebration should come at a time when many of the Member States are in crisis. They are prey to deadly internal conflicts, fueled by the unbridled quest for supreme power, with the corollary of significant loss of human life. Beyond their political and social tears, the significant elements of their national heritage are being destroyed and drowned in sometimes bloody pain.<\/p>\n

\"\"In his speech, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Development Cooperation His Excellency Ambassador Albert SHINGIRO declared that he was happy to celebrate the 60th<\/sup> anniversary of the Organation of the African Uunion and to sing the common victory of Africans over the painful past and nightmare that the colonization has afflicted the continent. He wishes this commemoration  be an opportunity for the Africans to engage themselves with determination and tenacity to turn the dark page of their history to edit the new pages that convey the pride, dignity, greatness, elevation , honour, respect, courage, bravery, pan-Africanism and hope for a better tomorrow for its peoples.<\/p>\n

According to the Minister Albert SHINGIRO, the hymn of the African Union is a whole program, a whole plan of action and a whole vision which invites Africans to stand up as one man to defend their freedom and their union; to maintain the bonds that determine their destiny; to devote themselves to peace and justice in Africa and in the world and to work hard to give the best of themselves to their continent. The Minister Albert SHINGIRO reminded that on the night of may 25, 1963, thirty-two African Heads of State and Government meeting in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia proclaimed the birth of the Organization of the African Unity, it was the best common victory that Africa has recorded, a victory won with pain and suffering barely three years after the accession to independence of the most African States.<\/p>\n

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and Development Cooperation His Excellency Ambassador Albert SHINGIRO also reminded the objectives which appear in certain fundamental texts governing the african countries, including the strengthening of the unity and solidarity of African countries, coordinating and intensifying their cooperation and their efforts for providing the better living conditions for the peoples of Africa, defending their sovereignty, territorial integrity and independence, eliminating the colonialism in all its forms and manifestations in Africa and adopting a mutually beneficial international cooperation.<\/p>\n

However, the challenges remain immense. The Peace and security as whereas the foundations of any development enterprise are threatened in several regions of the continent because we are witnessing more and more an unprecedented development of proxy wars, armed groups and movements.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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