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Preamble
The Assembly of the African Union,
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Recalling the objectives and principles stated in the Constitutive Act of the African Union;
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Recalling further the provisions of Article 22 of the Constitutive Act;
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Stressing the necessity to involve the African people from all walks of life in the process of building the African Union;
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Cognisant of the efforts made by African civil society organizations to participate in the edification of a united, peaceful and prosperous Africa;
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Convinced of the necessity to establish an effective partnership between governments of Member States of the Union and all the components of the civil society;
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Determined to involve representatives of civil society organizations with the process of elaboration, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of economic, social and cultural programmes of the Union;
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Convinced that popular participation in the implementation of the African Union, as enunciated in the African Charter for Popular Participation, is necessary for its success;
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Determined to pursue and share a common vision of a strong and prosperous Africa with all concerned people, particularly people of African descent in the diaspora.
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