It is up to African leaders to show their will and political courage in order to assure that this new pan-African institution becomes an efficient instrument and not a place for endless discussions.

In short, we have, among African countries, a duty of solidarity.

The African Union has to act in order to put an end to armed conflicts that undermine the continent, to fight against the devastation caused by AIDS and other contagious diseases, to promote sustainable development of its member states.

The birth of the African Union should encourage us to reexamine relations between African States.

Instead of ideological objectives of a political nature, today we are faced with ideological objectives of economic nature.

The introduction of political pluralism often quickly led to bad results.