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Brazzaville Powers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 May 2009

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The first meeting of the twelve French-speaking African states which subsequently became known as the “Brazzaville group”—Cameroun, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo (Brazzaville), Dahomey, Gabon, Ivory Coast, Malagasy, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal, and Upper Volta—was held at Abidjan in the Ivory Coast in October 1960. The meeting was organized by President Félix Houphouet-Boigny of the Ivory Coast for the purpose of discussing whether the independent African states could mediate or in some other way help bring the Algerian conflict to an end without alienating France. The final communiqué stated that the conference had examined the Algerian, Congolese, and Mauritanian questions, that all the countries attending would support Mauritania's application for membership in the UN, and that further meetings would be held.

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International Organizations: Summary of Activities: II. Political and Regional Groupings in Africa
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International Organization , Volume 16 , Issue 2 , Spring 1962 , pp. 434 - 437
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Copyright © The IO Foundation 1962

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21 Pick, Hella, “The Brazzaville Twelve and How They Came to Be,” Africa Report, 05 1961 (Vol. 6, No. 5), p. 2, 8, 12Google Scholar, and 15, and “The Brazzaville Twelve,” Africa South, 04–06 1961 (Vol. 5, No. 3), p. 76–84Google Scholar; and “French-Speaking States Seek Common Policies,” Africa Report, 12 1960 (Vol. 5, No. 12), p. 12Google Scholar.

22 “African Leaders Convene at Rival ‘Summits,’” Africa Report, 01 1961 (Vol. 6, No. 1), p. 11Google Scholar. See also note 21 above, and The Manchester Guardian, January 13, 1961.

23 The Manchester Guardian, March 27, 1961.

24 Le Monde, March 31, 1961. See also Africa Report, 06 1961 (Vol. 6, No. 6), p. 9Google Scholar; and West Africa, 04 22, 1961 (No. 2290), p. 441Google Scholar.

25 See below, p. 439–441.

26 African and Malagasy Union Tananarive Conference, Communiqué Final, 09 12, 1961Google Scholar.

27 Complete Text of the Charter of the African and Malagasy Union Adopted at the Tananarive Conference, September 6–12, 1961.

28 African and Malagasy Union Tananarive Conference, Communiqué of September 11, 1961.

29 The text of the defense pact can be found in the Journal Officiel de la République Malgache, December 16, 1961.

30 African and Malagasy Union Tananarive Conference, Communiqué of September 8, 1961.

31 African and Malagasy Union Tananarive Conference, Communiqué of September 9, 1961.

32 African and Malagasy Union Tananarive Conference, Statement regarding International Problems.