OBJECTIVES

To help achieve greater unity and solidarity between the African countries and the peoples of Africa through our assistance;

To help promote peace, security, and stability on the continent;

To help promote democratic principles and institutions, popular participation and good governance;

To help promote and protect human and peoples' rights in accordance with the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights and other relevant human rights instruments;

To establish the necessary conditions which enable the continent to play its rightful role in the global economy and in international negotiations;

To promote sustainable development at the economic, social and cultural levels as well as the integration of African economies;

To promote co-operation in all fields of human activity to raise the living standards of African peoples;

To coordinate and harmonize the policies between the existing and future Regional Economic Communities for the gradual attainment of the objectives of the Union;

To advance the development of the continent by promoting research in all fields, in particular in science and technology;

To work with relevant international partners in the eradication of preventable diseases and the promotion of good health on the continent..