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The Republic of Liberia has lost all its membership rights in the African Union, it is now an observer in the African Union, one without the right to vote, from being a founder to a shocking rejected stone, one who understood the purpose for which the organization was founded.
For the past three years, Liberia has struggled to comply with all the reports to be submitted to the AU. These reports are the primary responsibilities of being a member country, some of these reports arrive later or never do, with key diplomats at AU headquarters really concerned about the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Liberia and the Minister does not understand the role. major in international diplomacy, starting with the African Union.
The pointing fingers have never stopped, although the situation is pathetic and shameful, it is not known why it had to go so far, the past administration of former President Ellen, left with about $ 800,000 US dollars to the UA and the current administration has feared or even worse. These non-actions to international responsibilities, only close the doors of the nation to benefit and have a voice at graceful tables, more especially when we have had major scandals in the passport office in Liberia, which led to the suspension of the former director of Passports, too it has put the nation’s credit rating to a downward low, limiting the ability to borrow above a certain limit.
Former Minister Findley, who is now running for a Liberian Senate seat, is said to be a point of great interest in understanding the issues that lead to this unfortunate situation, which an African Union founder, cannot today vote for. nothing and have a period when even the statues of observers can also be lost.
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It should be recalled that most of the discussions took place in Sanniquellie, Nimba county in Liberia, which ended in Addis and then where the Organization was formed with headquarters stationed today and in 1979, Liberia was finally able to host the general assembly o the top. for the first time.
Experts are of the opinion that this partial expulsion or demotion does not and should not represent the position in which Liberia should find itself at any point in its history. Today, the AU is made up of 55 countries and Liberia was one of the most important members.
Observer status is a privilege granted by some organizations to non-members to give them the ability to participate in the activities of the organization. … Observers generally have a limited capacity to participate in the OIG, they lack the ability to vote or propose resolutions. With this in mind, Liberia should return as soon as possible to full membership statues of the African Union for the good of the nation, its people and humanity.
It should be known that, to this day, shamefully a nation that was a founding member of an important international organization like Liberia, does not have a permanent representative in the African Union, this not only means the ruin of Liberia, but also exposes the importance of the government. Weah Led’s adherence to international diplomacy and a clear understanding of the benefits of it.
