This site was created within the framework of the ThinkQuest Competition, in which students from all over the world can participate and build up a website for a topic they chose. This particular site was built up by students from Lesotho High School, Maseru, who were 19 years old or younger. The site mainly deals with Kwame Nkrumah, but in general is not very comprehensive. The site is interesting, though, cause it gives a small idea of the thoughts of these Lesotho students. ... [editors ilissAfrica]
The Africa-EU Strategic Partnership reflects the shared vision of the two continents and the commitment of both sides to work together on an equal, strategic, and long-term level. The Partnership aims to, reinforce and elevate Africa-EU political relations, including strengthening institutional ties and addressing common challenges, strengthen and promote issues of common concern including peace, security, democratic governance and human rights, fundamental freedoms, gender equality, sustainable economic development, regional and continental integration in Africa, and achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by 2015. ... [according to site editor's information]
The Peace and Security Department (PSD), works across Africa. However, they have liaison offices and field missions in the continent that further help to reach out to the people on the ground. Each of these field missions and liaison offices have their own staff structures together with current and proposed mandates of their own. ... [according to site editor's information]
The Shared Values work of the African Union is the responsibility of the Department of Political Affairs, who are ably coordinating Shared Values work across the African Union departments. The African Union (AU) is committed to a stronger Africa based on unity and integration. This is why it declared 2012 the Year of Shared Values, an initiative aimed at promoting dialogue among all the continent’s citizens. ... [according to site editor's information]
The Centre for Citizens’ Participation on the African Union (CCP-AU) was established in 2007 as an independent network that aspires to broaden and strengthen opportunities for substantive engagement between the African Union (AU) and citizens. CCP-AU was established with the mandate to coordinate and facilitate citizens’ engagement with the AU so that it can be a Union that delivers to African peoples and addresses their issues. ... [according to site editor's information]
SOTU is monitoring the implementation of 14 AU legal instruments & policy standards and the status of implementation in 10 countries (Tunisia, Kenya, Rwanda, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Cameroon, Nigeria, Ghana & Senegal) across the 5 regions in Africa and at the continental level. SOTU implements its activities under 3 Key Result Areas: 1) Citizens informed and empowered to act to claim key rights and freedoms 2) The African Union & Member States act to ratify, popularise, and monitor implementation of key standards 3) Inclusive national and Continental Platforms capacitated to popularise, engage and hold Governments accountable ... [according to site editor's information]
Homepage of the United Nations System in Cape Verde informs about the activities of the Resident Coordinator and links to UN organisations active on the islands. [editors ilissAfrica]
The website of the United Nations in Kenya informs about the mission in the country ("support the Government in its efforts to create and sustain an enabling environment for the promotion of human rights, good governance and the improvement of the quality of life"), the Resident Coordinator System, Inter-Agency Collaboration, the Millenium Development Goals, Simplification, Harmonization and Alignment. The site links to other UN Funds, Programmes and Agencies. ... [editors ilissAfrica]
On December 10, 1948 the General Assembly of the United Nations adopted and proclaimed the Universal Declaration of Human Rights the full text of which appears in the following pages. Following this historic act the Assembly called upon all Member countries to publicize the text of the Declaration and "to cause it to be disseminated, displayed, read and expounded principally in schools and other educational institutions, without distinction based on the political status of countries or territories." ... [United Nations]
Human Rights Declaration of 1948 in diefferent languages of the world. There are some additional languages compared to the United Nations' site (for Africa e.g. Vai, ...). [editors ilissAfrica]