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Ghana-Guinea-Mali Union (Union of African States)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 May 2009

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At a meeting in Accra, which took place from April 27 to 29, 1961, Presidents Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana, Sékou Touré of Guinea, and Modibo Keita of Mali signed a charter formally establishing a tripartite Union of African States. The charter came into effect upon its simultaneous publication on July 1 in the capitals of Ghana, Guinea, and Mali after the three heads of state had met at Bamako, Mali, on June 26 in order to examine the extent to which decisions reached at their April meeting in Accra had been implemented. The drafting of the charter evolved out of a decision announced by the three government leaders at Conakry, Guinea, on December 24, 1960, envisioning common diplomatic representation and the creation of committees to draw up arrangements for harmonizing economic and monetary policies.

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International Organizations: Summary of Activities: II. Political and Regional Groupings in Africa
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International Organization , Volume 16 , Issue 2 , Spring 1962 , pp. 443 - 444
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Copyright © The IO Foundation 1962

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44 Charter for the Union of African States and a Joint Communiqué Issued Later after a Summit Conference between the Leaders of the Union, Accra, Ghana, Government Printing Department. See also “Mali, Ghana, Guinea Sign Union Charter,” Africa Report, 05 1961 (Vol. 6, No. 5), p. 11Google Scholar; and “Accra Communiqué Causes Dismay,” West Africa, 05 6, 1961 (No. 2292), p. 495Google Scholar.

45 “Ghana, Guinea, Mali Formalize Their Union,” Africa Report, 08 1961 (Vol. 6, No. 8), p. 11Google Scholar; and “End of an African Frontier,”West Africa, 07 8, 1961 (No. 2301), p. 751Google Scholar.

46 “Ghana, Guinea, Mali Confer on Union,” Africa Report, 02 1961 (Vol. 6, No. 2), p. 10Google Scholar; and “The Osagyefo and Others,” The Economist, 12 31, 1960 (Vol. 197, No. 6123), p. 1366–1367Google Scholar.