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The Addis Ababa Conference of Independent African States was held on May 22–25, 1963, and was attended by the heads of state of 30 African countries. The Conference adopted six resolutions and a Charter to establish an organization to be known as the Organization of African Unity (OAU).

The Council of Ministers of the Organization of African Unity (OAU) held its second session in Lagos, Nigeria, on February 24–29, 1964. Adopting nineteen resolutions at this session, the Council sought to fulfill the purposes of the OAU Charter by coordinating and harmonizing the general policies of OAU member states.

The Council of Ministers of the Organization of African Unity (OAU), consisting of the foreign ministers of the member countries, met in Dakar, Senegal, on August 2–11, 1963, under the chairmanship of Mr. Doudou Thiam (Senegal) in pursuance of the decisions taken at the Addis Ababa Conference of African heads of state and government.

The third ordinary session of the Council of Ministers of the Organization of African Unity (OAU) took place in Cairo, July 13–17, 1964. The Council examined 21 applications from "freedom fighter" organizations for representation in that body. The government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Leopoldville) was represented at the meeting of the Council of Ministers, but when it was announced that Moise Tshombe, the new Congolese Prime Minister, would attend the Assembly of Heads of State and Government, objections were raised by a number of Heads of State and Ministers. As a result Mr. Tshombe announced that the Congolese government would not take part in the Assembly.

Neokolonialistische Entwicklungen in Verbindung mit egoistischen und nationalistischen Verhaltensweisen der Staatseliten haben die OAU in eine Krise geführt. Da sich Afrika aber nur im Rahmen eines gemeinsamen Marktes wirtschaftlich entwickeln kann, muß die Idee der afrikanischen Einheit neu belebt werden. (DÜI-Spe)

Inthe period since the publication of the special number of this journal devoted to Africa and international organization, one development of potentially considerable importance in this connection has transpired within Africa. This is the launching of the Organization of African Unity (OAU) and its embarcation on the task of forging a measure of peaceful collaboration out of the multitude of mixed aspirations and competing, indeed conflicting, interests of the African states.