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Viewing cable 06ADDISABABA917, AU POLITICAL AFFAIRS OBJECTIVES AND INSTITUTIONAL

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06ADDISABABA917 2006-04-06 12:30 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Embassy Addis Ababa
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INFO RUEHZO/AFRICAN UNION COLLECTIVE
UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 03 ADDIS ABABA 000917 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
DEPARTMENT FOR AF/RSA, AF/E, S/P 
USAID FOR STEVE PIERCE 
LONDON AND PARIS FOR AFRICA WATCHERS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PREL PGOV EAID XA AU
SUBJECT: AU POLITICAL AFFAIRS OBJECTIVES AND INSTITUTIONAL 
TRANSFORMATION 
 
 
SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED.  NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 
 
1. (SBU) Summary:  The African Union's (AU) top priority 
through 2007 is to push forward the process of institutional 
transformation to ensure a proactive and effective 
organization as compared to the OAU, AU Commission Secretary 
Prof. Johnson recently told a group of AU partners. 
Political Affairs Director Leonard-Emile Ognimba said that AU 
Commission political affairs objectives for 2006 include 
developing a system to improve governance oversight, 
organizing a debate on African constitutions, getting an AU 
electoral unit up and running, fostering public service 
reform, and strengthening the African Commission on Human and 
Peoples' Rights.  Post comments that empowering the AU 
Commission to better address governance challenges in Africa 
has value as a means of collective pressure on member states 
to adopt best practices.  End summary. 
 
-------------------- 
CREATING A BETTER AU 
-------------------- 
 
2. (SBU) AU Commission Secretary Prof. C.A. Johnson told 
Addis-based partners that efforts to ensure an effective and 
proactive AU emerges out of the vestiges of the old OAU is 
the AU's top priority through 2007.  The AU's institutional 
transformation project involves strengthening AU Commission 
management, support structure and operations; rationalizing 
institutions of the union; and promoting better 
organizational governance.  (Note:  AU officials often 
highlight the contradiction in member state and international 
community expectations that the AU Commission will already 
begin to deliver on major issues of peace and security, 
health, and other matters while the organization has yet to 
put adequate institutional structures in place.  End note.) 
 
3. (SBU) Prof. Johnson said the AU intends to use 
knowledge-based management and information communications 
technology to improve departmental interaction and 
information sharing.  At present, he noted, departments tend 
to work in a vacuum and do not consult sufficiently on 
cross-cutting issues or programs.  (Note:  A 
Swedish-Norwegian VSAT program will form the backbone of the 
AU's knowledge-based management effort.  The AU Commission 
has also submitted an ESF grant proposal to the USG to 
improve network infrastructure.  Fifty million dollars 
provided by India will be devoted to linking AU member states 
to tele-education and tele-medicine programs.  End note.) 
 
4. (SBU) The AU Commission will reach out to its staff to 
create buy-in for institutional change.  Prof. Johnson said 
that the AU is using a culture change management consultancy 
to improve human resources outreach. 
 
5. (SBU) Prof. Johnson said that the AU intends to improve 
organizational governance by solidifying and clarifying links 
between the AU Commission and other AU organs such as the Pan 
African Parliament (PAP).  Johnson explained that, in the 
absence of such oversight, many AU organs have developed 
their own rules of procedure and begun to independently 
solicit funds, which has caused confusion.  Johnson said that 
the AU is just beginning to staff the Peace and Security 
Council (PSC) Secretariat, but Commission staff had taken on 
the responsibility of drafting reports and organizing 
consultations in the absence of the Secretariat. 
 
6. (SBU) Note:  AU member states allocated 9.3 million 
dollars for institutional transformation needs, Canada has 
pledged 4.5 million Canadian dollars, and the EU will devote 
a portion of a 55 million euro, three-year contribution to AU 
institutional transformation.  End note. 
 
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POLITICAL AFFAIRS OBJECTIVES 
---------------------------- 
 
7. (SBU) In the same meeting, Political Affairs Director 
Leonard-Emile Ognimba and Governance, Elections, Democracy, 
and Human Rights Head of Division Mamadou Dia outlined AU 
political affairs priorities for 2006. 
 
Draft Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance 
--------------------------------------------- ------- 
 
8. (SBU) Dia said that the AU will hold a meeting of experts 
April 2 and 4 in Addis to encourage adoption of the Draft 
 
ADDIS ABAB 00000917  002 OF 003 
 
 
Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance at the Banjul 
Summit in July 2006.  The AU will also assess implementation 
of the Lome Declaration on Unconstitutional Changes of 
Government and chart a way forward for that declaration.  Dia 
echoed the complaints of other AU Commission officials that 
there are too many coups in Africa and the AU is not 
empowered to deal with poor governance and other 
circumstances which can lead to coups. 
 
9. (SBU) The draft charter will bring together the Lome 
Declaration, the African Charter for Popular Participation in 
Development, and the African Charter on Human and Peoples' 
Rights into one legally binding instrument which calls on 
member states to build solid democratic institutions.  The 
charter is expected to complement NEPAD African Peer Review 
Mechanism (APRM) efforts.  (Note:  For more information on 
this project, see 
www.africa.union.org/root/AU/conferences/past /2006/april/pa/ap 
r7/meeting.htm.  End note.) 
 
African Constitutions 
--------------------- 
 
10. (SBU) According to Ognimba, the AU plans to hold a debate 
on African constitutions in November 2006.  The AU Commission 
is concerned by recent manipulations of constitutions by 
African leaders and wants to develop a best practices 
template for African constitutions to avoid crises of 
governance, Ognimba stated. 
 
11. (SBU) AU member states did not allocate any funding for 
this activity, but Dia confirmed that member states approved 
its inclusion in the AU Commission's work plan provided 
funding is received from other sources.  EC, Canadian, and EU 
member state development agency representatives present at 
the meeting expressed reservations about funding activities 
which do not have clear backing by AU member states, but Dia 
retorted that the AU Commission's role is to hold member 
states to a higher standard.  He said that African leaders 
who benefit from poor governance would of course be reluctant 
to approve an activity designed to limit their latitude of 
action, and asked for partner support to produce needed 
institutional change on the continent.  Dia added that 
outside pressure is sometimes required to move positive 
agendas ahead. 
 
Electoral Assistance Unit 
------------------------- 
 
12. (SBU) Dia said that, while the AU fields observers to 
elections in Africa upon invitation, the AU actually wants to 
develop a comprehensive Electoral Assistance Unit with 
training, capacity building and other components.  He 
mentioned that the EU and USAID are considering support for 
this activity (Note:  USAID plans to further define a program 
of support based on an AU project document during an April 
18-21 visit to Addis.  End note.) 
 
Public Service Reform 
--------------------- 
 
13. (SBU) Ognimba explained that the AU Commission is working 
with the NEPAD Secretariat and the South African Ministry of 
Public Administration to implement the AU Charter on Public 
Service.  The AU also wants to ensure member state 
ratification of the AU anti-corruption mechanism, as four 
more ratifications are required for it to enter into force. 
 
Human Rights 
------------ 
 
14. (SBU) Ognimba said that the AU plans an assessment of the 
Banjul-based African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights 
(ACHPR) to determine how to strengthen the organization.  He 
noted that some member states have questioned the ACHPR's 
reports on procedural grounds (such as at the January 2006 
Khartoum Summit), and the Commission wants to eliminate such 
obstacles to the ACHPR's effectiveness. 
 
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COMMENT 
------- 
 
15. (SBU) The AU Commission is moving into sensitive areas as 
it attempts to hold member states to a higher standard of 
governance and respect for human rights, but its efforts 
should be supported as a means of applying collective 
 
ADDIS ABAB 00000917  003 OF 003 
 
 
pressure on African countries to adopt best practices.  The 
Commission's strong stance on Togo was softened in the face 
of regional resistance, and it is now trying to better 
institutionalize mechanisms to address poor governance.  Part 
of that effort involves a plan to empower AU organs such as 
the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights, to 
streamline NEPAD, and to break out of the OAU's self-censure 
mold.  Similarly, success of the institutional transformation 
project is critical to producing a better managed and more 
capable AU.  The AU Commission will require strong support 
from key partners such as the USG, if it is to succeed. 
HUDDLESTON