All Africa Students Union (AASU)

Union panafricaine des étudiants

Contact Details

Main address: SG: Fred Awaah, PO Box M 274, Ground Floor, State Housing Complex, Opposite Awudome Cementry, Accra, Ghana, Tel: (233 302) 258 484 - (233 243) 101 626, E-mail: aasu.africa (at) gmail.com

Aims

Promote unity among democratic and progressive student movements in and of Africa based on a common anti-imperialist, anti-colonialist, anti-neocolonialist objective; create among the broad masses of African people an awareness of the problems confronting Africa; urge students, as an integral part of society, to be fully involved in efforts to solve these problems; be fully involved in the people's struggle against imperialism, colonialism, neocolonialism, racism and Zionism and for peace, national independence, democracy and social progress; struggle for true reform and democratization of education; foster development of students through inter-African institutional and cultural exchange programmes and extra-curricular activities such as sports; protect the rights of students of Africa; promote a spirit of internationalism.

Official Relations

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)^* (Consultative Status).

Activities

Works for educational rights; supports anti-apartheid policies and programmes; organizes conferences, seminars, meetings, forums.

Publications

AASU Newsletter (4 a year).

Members

Student unions (55) from francophone and anglophone Africa. Membership countries not specified.

Institutional Members

Union Natl des Etudiant(e)s Algerria(nes), 10 BD, Colonel Amirouche, 16000, Algiers, Algeria, Tel: (213 2) 639118

Union de la Juventudde Saguia el Hamra Y Rio de Oro-Section Etudiantil, BP 10 El Mouradia, Algiers, Algeria, Tel: (213 2) 747933

Union Natl des Etudiants d'Angola, CP 815 AV, 4 de Fevereiro 7, Luanda, Angola

Union Natl des Scolaire et Etudiants du Benin, 04 BP 1012 Cadjehoun, Cotonou, Benin, Tel: (229) 35029, Fax: 350632

Fed Natl des Etudiant(e) du Benin, Univ Natl du Benin, BP 526, Cotonou, Benin, Tel: (229) 360074

Botswana Students Representative Council, c/o Private Bag 002, Gaborone, Botswana

Alliance Démocratique des Etudiant(e) pour le Dévelopment du Burkina, S/C AVD 01, BP 4683, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, Tel: (226) 308616, Fax: 308617

Assn des Etudiants de l'Université de Yaoundé, 1 BP 8390, Yaoundé, Cameroon, Tel: (237) 224545 18, Fax: 23184

Union Natl des Etudiants Centrafricains, S/C BP 1450, Bengui, Central African Republic

Union Générale des Etudiants et Elèves du Tchad, BP 117, Ndjamena, Chad

Union Natl de Jeunesse et des Etudiants des Comoros, BP 1543, Moroni, Comoros, Tel: (269) 731391

Union Natl des Etudiants du Congo, BP 1543, Brazzaville, Congo, Fax: (242) 836199

Union Natl des Etudiants de RD Congo, S/C BP 127, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Féd des Etudiant de Côte d'Ivoire, BP 767, 12, Abdijan, Côte d'Ivoire, Fax: (225) 440262

Union of Democratic Egyptian Youth-Student Section, Basil Ramses Labib, 29 Alkhalifa Alamer Street, 7th Quarter-Nasr City, Cairo, Egypt

Natl Union of Eritrea Students, PO Box 1220, Asmara, Eritrea

Addis Ababa Univ Students Union, PO Box 1176,, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Fax: (251 1) 551655

Union Natl des Etudiants du Gabon, BP 13 131, Libreville, Gabon

Gambia Students Union, PO Box 1086, Banjul, Gambia

Natl Union of Ghana Students, PO Box 157, Legon, Accra, Ghana, Tel: (233 21) 665421

Union Natl des Etudiants de Guinée, Univ de Guinea, Conakry, Guinea

Union Natl des Etudiants de Guinea Bissau, Guinea-Bissau

Kenyatta Univ Students Assn, PO Box 43944, Nairobi, Kenya, Tel: (254 2) 811454, Fax: 811455

Students' Representative Council, Natl Univ of Lesotho, PO Box Rome180, Maswru, Maswru, Lesotho, Tel: (266) 340601, Fax: 340000

Liberia Natl Students Union, c/o Univ of Liberia, Monrovia, Liberia

General Congress of Students of Grea Jamahiriya, PO Box 12679, Tripoli, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Tel: (218 21) 609945, Fax: 4446625

Comité Démocratic des Jeunes et des Etudiants de Madagascar, 43 Av Rakotomalala Ratsimba, 101, Antananarivo, Madagascar, Tel: (261 2) 27065, Fax: 29448

Natl Union of Malawi Students, PO Box 278, Zomba, Malawi

Assn des Etudiants det Elève du Mali, BP 428, Bamako, Mali

Union Natl des Etudiants de Mauritanie, BP 798, Nouackchott, Mauritania

Mauritius Union of Students Council, c/o Mauritius Volunt Comm, 10 Julion Boucherat Str, St Croix, Port Louis, Mauritius, Tel: (230) 2335550

Council of Students and Youth Movements, PO Box 401, Port Louis, Mauritius, Tel: (230) 2080145, Fax: 209964

Union Natl des Etudiants de Maroc, 22 Rue Abi Ottouaib Doukki, Rabat, Morocco

Union Générale des Etudiants du Maroc, 78 Rue Sebou, Agdal, Rabat, Morocco, Tel: (212 7) 70024

Ass dos Etudiants Univ de Mozambique, CP 475, Maputo, Mozambique, Fax: (258 1) 490161

Namibian Natl Students Org, PO Box 22013, Rand Street, Plot 4084, Khomasdal, Windhoek, Namibia, Tel: (264 61) 213093

Union des Scolaires Nigeriens, BP 12004, Niamey, Niger, Tel: (227) 733476, Fax: 735256

Natl Assn of Nigeria, Kimle Adepeju Build, Univ of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria

Assn Générale des Etudiants de l'Univ natl du Rwanda, Campus de Butare, BP 117, Butare, Rwanda

JMLSTP, Caixa Postal 177, Sao Tomé, Sao Tome and Principe

Union Démocratique des Etudiants de Dakar, BP 10221, Dakar, Senegal

Natl Union off Sierra Leone Students, c/o AASU O Secretariat, PO Box M274, Accra, Ghana, Fax: (233 21) 774821

South African Students Congress, DJ du Plessis Ctr, West Campus, PO wits 2050, Johannesburg, South Africa

General Sudanese Students Union, Jamma St South of Friend Ship Hall, Khartoum, Sudan, Tel: (249 1) 2319877, E-mail: sudastud (at) yahoo.com, URL: http://www.sudanstudents.org

Students Representative Council, Univ of Swaziland, Private Bag, Kwalaseni, Swaziland

Mouvement Natl de Etudiants et Stagiaires du Togo, BP 4093, Lomé, Togo, Tel: (228) 215093

Union Générale des Etudiants de Tunisia, 19 Rue de Palestine, BP 516, 1002, Tunis, Tunisia, Tel: (216 1) 288992, Fax: 354114

Makerere Students' Guild, PO Box 7062, Kampala, Uganda, Tel: (256 41) 532752, Fax: 541068

Uganda Natl Students' Assn, Uganda, Tel: (256 41) 245342, Fax: 245597

Univ of Zambia Students' Union, c/o PO Box 32379, Lusaka, Zambia, Tel: (260) 228951, Fax: 256852

Zimbabwe Natl Students' Union, PO Box MP 167 Mt Pleasant, Harare, Zimbabwe, Tel: (263 4) 303211, Fax: 732828

UNESCO NGO Section Data

Type of Relation with UNESCOConsulatative Status

Reclassification date1997

Programme sector: EDYes

Programme sector: SCNo

Programme sector: SHSYes

Programme sector: CLTNo

Programme sector: CIINo

Programme sector: BSPNo

Programme sector: AFRYes

Name and contact details of NGO focal point at UNESCOMs Shen Xuesong
ED/EO/IFE
81082

History1972 Creation 1992 Category C 1996 Postpone decision (149 EX/ONG.2) (149 EX/Dec. 7.3) 1997 Operational Relations (151 EX/ONG.2) (151 EX/Dec. 9.2) 2003 Renewal of operational relations (166 EX/38) (166 EX/Dec.9.2)

Contribution to UNESCO's programmes AASU enjoys a good geographic extension given its regional nature but has experienced some difficulties, thus leading to irregular cooperation with UNESCO which has prevented it from keeping UNESCO regularly informed of its activities. This organization does not meet the requirements for admission to formal relations. Working in several of UNESCO's priority fields, notably Africa, youth, and the least developed countries, and representing a significant network of students, it could be an important partner of UNESCO in the organization of future regional consultations, and cooperation with it deserves to be revitalized.

Keywords Culture,Literacy,Human rights,Education,Teaching,Environment,Youth,HIV/AIDS

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