Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/84562 
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Year of Publication: 
2005
Series/Report no.: 
DIIS Working Paper No. 2005:4
Publisher: 
Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS), Copenhagen
Abstract: 
The paper critically analyses the emerging international norm of subsidiarity according to which “Africa are responsible for African conflicts”, which is found to be a possible justification for “buck-passing” on the part of the West, leaving the continent with the fewest military means to deal with the largest number of the most destructive armed conflicts. The paper then provides an overview of the various regional and subregional organisations in Africa, including the African Union (AU), the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), the Southern African Development Community (SADC), the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) as well as a host of less important organisations. It concludes with a survey of the various forms of support promised to these organisations by the West.
ISBN: 
8776050629
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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