International Relations Researches

International Relations Researches

The role of the African Union in the settlement of the Libyan Crisis

Author
Mehdi Abbasi Sarmadi
Assistant Professor of Law Department of Kharazmi University
Abstract
With the transition from “Organization of African Unity" to "African Union", the "African Problems" should appeal the "African solution". The Libyan crisis was a serious test for this strategy on the ground. Since it aimed at not only one of the corrupt and enduring regimes of the continent but also was considered as a crisis which had endangered the peace and security at the regional and international level. In this context, the present research examines the role of the African Union as a rooted regional organization regarding the management of the mentioned crisis through a politico – legal approach. For this purpose, after a brief reference to the developments of the Union and the reasons for the Libyan Crisis, the reaction of the Organization on the crisis by the measures of the “Security and Peace Council” as well as the “ad hoc Committee” is followed in order to show that in spite of the fact that the African Union particularly distinguished itself from the OAU by creating the “Security and Peace Council” and emphasized on its special attention to the question of peace and security yet, due to the visional, political, financial and decision-taking weaknesses, the Organization could not use all its capacities in the process of the settlement of the Libyan Crisis. As a result, it couldn`t realize the strategy of “the African resolution for the African problems
Keywords
African Union &ndash
Libyan Crisis &ndash
Security &
Peace Council&ndash
ad hoc Committee &ndash
African resolu
کاظم سلطان احمدی، «اتحادیه آفریقا (واقعیت‌ها و چالش‌ها)»، مجله آفریقا، شماره 15، 1386، صفحه 285-300.

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International Relations Researches
Volume 4, Issue 12
Winter 2015
Pages 99-126