{ "id": "RS20945", "type": "CRS Report", "typeId": "REPORTS", "number": "RS20945", "active": false, "source": "EveryCRSReport.com", "versions": [ { "source": "EveryCRSReport.com", "id": 100766, "date": "2001-06-21", "retrieved": "2016-05-24T20:23:18.542941", "title": "The Organization of African Unity", "summary": "Since the end of the Cold War, the Organization of African Unity (OAU) has increasingly\nfocused\nits activities on practical measures to deal with the continent's challenges of intra- and inter-state\nconflict and good governance. The organization will probably be reconstituted in 2002 as the\nAfrican Union, but its effectiveness will continue to be challenged by chronic budgetary weakness\nand concern by some member states that its activities could constitute intervention in their internal\naffairs. It is nonetheless moving slowly to develop a more meaningful role and in particular is\nbuilding up its capacity to play an expanded role in conflict prevention. U.S. assistance dedicated\nto the OAU's conflict resolution activities expired in FY1998.", "type": "CRS Report", "typeId": "REPORTS", "active": false, "formats": [ { "format": "PDF", "encoding": null, "url": "http://www.crs.gov/Reports/pdf/RS20945", "sha1": "d60ee4531efb49e6e3dce9ce9ded391a2cb893bd", "filename": "files/20010621_RS20945_d60ee4531efb49e6e3dce9ce9ded391a2cb893bd.pdf", "images": null }, { "format": "HTML", "filename": "files/20010621_RS20945_d60ee4531efb49e6e3dce9ce9ded391a2cb893bd.html" } ], "topics": [] } ], "topics": [ "Foreign Affairs", "Intelligence and National Security" ] }