AU, UN & REGIONAL MECHANISMS

COORDINATION, COHERENCE AND COMPLEMENTARITY

Yann BEDZIGUI

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AN AMBIGUOUS LEGAL FRAMEWORK

• ARTICLE 16 OF THE PSC

PROTOCOL GIVES A PRIMARY
ROLE TO THE AU
• 2009 MEMORANDUM REFERS TO
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SUBSIDIARITY,
COMPLEMENTARITY AND
COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE
• NO REC/RM RECOGNIZES THE
PRIMACY OF THE AU IN THEIR
LEGAL FRAMEWORK
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CURRENT DYNAMICS

• THE ANTI-UNSC
• CHAPTER VIII MEANS SUPPORT TO
AFRICA-LED INITIATIVES
• CHALLENGE IN UNDERSTANDING
AU PSC AND UN SC
FROM AN ADDIS DIVIDES WITHIN UNSC
PERSPECTIVE
• AFRICAN COMMON POSITIONS IN THE
UNSC

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CURRENT DYNAMICS

• A REGION-BASED ARCHITECTURE
• SEVERAL FACTORS OF EXPLANATION:
• LACK OF POLITICAl CAPITAL IN ADDIS
• REGIONAL POWERS ARE INWARDS
AU-RECs LOOKING
• EMERGENCE OF REGIONAL
COALITIONS OF WILLING
• THE PSC AS A LEGITIMACY STOP

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CONCLUSION

THE CHALLENGE OF A COLLECTIVE

CONCEPTION OF SECURITY

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 MERCI

ybedzigui@issafrica.org

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