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organization, as well as the other international obligations and undertakings into
which we have entered in the context of the United Nations. Of particular
significance in this context are the Charter of the United Nations and the United
Nations Universal Declaration on Human Rights and all conventions relating
thereto, especially the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of
Discrimination against Women and the Beijing Declaration.
5. Africa faces grave challenges and the most urgent of these are the eradication of
poverty and the fostering of socio-economic development, in particular, through
democracy and good governance.
It is to the achievement of these twin
objectives that the NEPAD process is principally directed.
6. Accordingly, we the participating Heads of State and Government of the member
states of the African Union have agreed to work together in policy and action in
pursuit of the following objectives:•
Democracy and Good Political Governance
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Economic and Corporate Governance
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Socio-Economic Development
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African Peer Review Mechanism
Democracy and Good Political Governance
7. At the beginning of the new century and millennium, we reaffirm our commitment
to the promotion of democracy and its core values in our respective countries. In
particular, we undertake to work with renewed determination to enforce
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the rule of law;
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the equality of all citizens before the law and the liberty of the individual;
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individual and collective freedoms, including the right to form and join political
parties and trade unions, in conformity with the constitution;
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equality of opportunity for all;