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The Global Citizen: AU
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's eleven day visit to Africa is intended to affirm the Obama administration's commitment to engage the conflict ridden continent. However, a resolution has recently been issued by the African Union (AU) allowing Sudanese President and wanted war criminal Omar al Bashir to travel throughout Africa with impunity. This could easily cause Secretary Clinton to believe that Africa has no interest in holding human rights abusers responsible for their actions.
The African Union [AU], made up of all 53 African states with the exception of Morocco, issued a resolution on July 3, 2009, stating that they would refuse to cooperate with the indictment of Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir by the International Criminal Court [ICC]. This decision stands in contrast with the AU summit meeting held the previous month, where the countries reaffirmed their commitment to the Rome Statute.
In the last five years, peacekeeping in Africa has grown dramatically, hosting more peacekeepers than any other region. Since 2005, eight peacekeeping operations have been created, in Burundi, Cote d'Ivoire, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Ethiopia/Etrtrea, Liberia, Sierra Leone, the Western Sahara and Sudan.
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