Embracing state security: The peace and security norms and structures of the organisation of African Unity, 1963–1993

Kathryn Nash

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-52911-6_11

Embracing state security: The peace and security norms and structures of the organisation of African Unity, 1963–1993

Kathryn Nash

School of Law

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This chapter examines the reasoning behind the choice of particular peace and security norms at the advent of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) and the implications of these norms for the institutions of the OAU. When the OAU was created in 1963, African leaders chose norms that prioritised state security, sovereignty, and territorial integrity; the complete liberation of the continent; and regional primacy. This chapter explores how the OAU Commission of Mediation, Conciliation, and Arbitration; Defence Commission; Liberation Committee; and African Group at the United Nations were constructed and utilised in line with OAU norms.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Visions of African Unity
Subtitle of host publication	New Perspectives on the History of Pan-Africanism and African Unification Projects
Editors	Matteo Grilli, Frank Gerits
Publisher	Palgrave Macmillan
Chapter	11
Pages	263-287
Number of pages	25
ISBN (Electronic)	9783030529116
ISBN (Print)	9783030529109
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-52911-6_11
Publication status	E-pub ahead of print - 10 Feb 2021

Publication series

Name	African Histories and Modernities
Publisher	Palgrave Macmillan
ISSN (Print)	2634-5773
ISSN (Electronic)	2634-5781

Keywords / Materials (for Non-textual outputs)

norms
institutions
The Commission of Mediation, Conciliation and Arbitration
Defence Commission
Liberation Committee
African Group
United Nations

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Nash, K. (2021). Embracing state security: The peace and security norms and structures of the organisation of African Unity, 1963–1993. In M. Grilli, & F. Gerits (Eds.), Visions of African Unity: New Perspectives on the History of Pan-Africanism and African Unification Projects (pp. 263-287). (African Histories and Modernities). Palgrave Macmillan. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-52911-6_11

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Embracing state security: The peace and security norms and structures of the organisation of African Unity, 1963–1993. / Nash, Kathryn.
Visions of African Unity: New Perspectives on the History of Pan-Africanism and African Unification Projects. ed. / Matteo Grilli; Frank Gerits. Palgrave Macmillan, 2021. p. 263-287 (African Histories and Modernities).

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Nash K. Embracing state security: The peace and security norms and structures of the organisation of African Unity, 1963–1993. In Grilli M, Gerits F, editors, Visions of African Unity: New Perspectives on the History of Pan-Africanism and African Unification Projects. Palgrave Macmillan. 2021. p. 263-287. (African Histories and Modernities). Epub 2021 Feb 10. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-52911-6_11

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