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The individual permanent observer at the United Nations' General Assembly.

Other intergovernmental organizations 1
- Political 1.1
- Regional 1.2
- Economic 1.3
- Linguistic 1.4
- Religious 1.5
Diplomatic missions 2
Foreign relations of constituent states 3
See also 4
References 5
Notes 6
External links 7

Other intergovernmental organizations

Membership of the AU overlaps with other IGO's, and occasionally these third-party organizations and the AU will coordinate matters of public policy.

Political

Non-Aligned Movement (Every AU member state, except the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic)
Commonwealth of Nations
- Botswana
- Cameroon
- The Gambia
- Ghana
- Kenya
- Lesotho
- Malawi
- Mauritius
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Nigeria
- Seychelles
- Sierra Leone
- South Africa
- Swaziland
- Tanzania
- Uganda
- Zambia

Regional

Arab League
- Egypt
- Sudan
- Libya
- Morocco
- Tunisia
- Algeria
- Mauritania
- Somalia
- Djibouti
- Comoros
- Eritrea

Arab Maghreb Union
- Algeria
- Libya
- Mauritania
- Morocco
- Tunisia

Community of Sahel-Saharan States
- Libya
- Burkina Faso
- Mali
- Niger
- Chad
- Sudan
- Central African Republic
- Eritrea
- Djibouti
- The Gambia
- Senegal
- Benin
- Côte d'Ivoire
- Egypt
- Ghana
- Guinea-Bissau
- Liberia
- Morocco
- Nigeria
- Sierra Leone
- Somalia
- Togo
- Tunisia

Conseil de l'Entente
- Côte d'Ivoire
- Benin
- Burkina Faso
- Niger
- Togo

Economic

Greater Arab Free Trade Area
- Algeria
- Egypt
- Libya
- Morocco
- Sudan
- Tunisia

Economic Community of the Great Lakes Countries
- Burundi
- D.R. Congo
- Rwanda

G20 developing nations
- Nigeria
- South Africa
- Tanzania
- Zimbabwe

G-20 major economies
- South Africa

G33
- Benin
- Botswana
- Democratic Republic of Congo
- Côte d'Ivoire
- Kenya
- Mauritius
- Madagascar
- Mozambique
- Nigeria
- Senegal
- Tanzania
- Uganda
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe

G90
- Angola
- Benin
- Botswana
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cameroon
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Rep. Congo
- Côte d'Ivoire
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Djibouti
- Egypt
- Gabon
- the Gambia
- Ghana
- Guinea
- Guinea Bissau
- Kenya
- Lesotho
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Mali
- Mauritania
- Mauritius
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Niger
- Nigeria
- Rwanda
- Senegal
- Sierra Leone
- South Africa
- Swaziland
- Tanzania
- Tunisia
- Uganda
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe

Group of 77
- Algeria
- Angola
- Benin
- Botswana
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cameroon
- Cape Verde
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Comoros
- Republic of the Congo
- Côte d'Ivoire
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Djibouti
- Egypt
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Ethiopia
- Gabon
- The Gambia
- Ghana
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Kenya
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Libya
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Mali
- Mauritania
- Mauritius
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Niger,
- Nigeria
- Rwanda
- São Tomé and Príncipe
- Senegal
- Sierra Leone
- Somalia
- South Africa
- Sudan
- Swaziland
- Tunisia
- Uganda
- Tanzania
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe

Indian Ocean Commission
- Comoros
- Madagascar
- Mauritius
- Seychelles

Liptako-Gourma Authority
- Burkina Faso,
- Mali
- Niger

Mano River Union
- Guinea
- Liberia
- Sierra Leone

OPEC
- Algeria
- Libya
- Nigeria

Linguistic

Community of Portuguese Language Countries
- Angola
- Cape Verde
- Guinea-Bissau
- Mozambique
- São Tomé and Príncipe

Organization of Ibero-American States
- Equatorial Guinea

Religious

Organisation of Islamic Cooperation
- Algeria
- Benin
- Burkina Faso
- Cameroon
- Chad
- Comoros
- Côte d'Ivoire
- Djibouti
- Egypt
- Gabon
- The Gambia
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Libya
- Mali
- Mauritania
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Niger
- Nigeria
- Senegal
- Sierra Leone
- Sudan
- Somalia
- Tunisia
- Uganda

Diplomatic missions

John Agyekum Kufuor, Chairman of the African Union, in the Oval Office June 28, 2001. White House photo by Eric Draper.

The African Union maintains special diplomatic representation with the United States,^[1] and the European Union. In 2011, the United States Mission to the African Union donated a state of the art mult box to the cash-starved African Union in a formal ceremony, in which they also presented new interns who will be trained to use it.^[2]

Foreign relations of constituent states

Alpha Oumar Konaré, Chairperson of the African Union Commission during his meeting with African presidents in the Cabinet Room, Thursday, June 28, 2001.

References

^ "United States Mission to the African Union". United States Mission to the African Union. Retrieved May 10, 2012.
^ "United States Mission to the African Union donates Audio Visual Broadcast Media Mult Box to the AUC". United States Mission to the African Union. September 22, 2011. Retrieved May 10, 2012.

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