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(7 Jul 2002) APTN 7 July 2002 1. Various of plane at airport 2. Various Zimbabwean president, Robert Mugabe's, arrival - having alighted from plane 3. Various of traditional dancing 4. Flags of the African members states 5. Various of military performing honour guard 6. Various of Kenyan president, Daniel Arap Moi's, arrival 7. Airport staff 8. Exterior of venue 9. Close up of sign welcoming delegates to Durban 10. Various of security officers with dogs, people walking past 11. SOUNDBITE: (English) Miranda Strijdom, SABC (South African Broadcasting Corporation) Presidential correspondent "Well mainly because the OAU's (Organisation of African Unity) purpose was really to ensure that colonisation was over and that was a long, hard process if we remember. And now that most of the countries have gained their independence, now that there's no colonisation on the continent, and the fact that as they move into a new era they needed to restructure the system so that they can deal with Africa's problems better, hence the need to move into a brand new organisation - hence the African Union. 12. Car driving up onto stand 13. Various of security checks of vehicle 14. Various of soldier on motorcycle with gun strapped to back POOL 6 July 2002 15. Libyan president Moammar Gadhafi arriving at airport 16. Cutaway of military 17. Gadhafi walking onto to platform STORYLINE: Members of the soon to be defunct Organisation of African Unity (OAU) beginning arriving in Durban for what will be the organisation's last summit on Sunday, two days before it disbands for good. Derided as a club for dictators and a useless bureaucratic talk shop, the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) is hardly expected to be missed. The 53-nation body will be replaced by the African Union, a new organisation modelled on the European Union that hopes to closely bind its members together, promote human rights and good government and enrich the world's poorest continent. In its 39 years of existence, the OAU accomplished none of that. Created in 1963, the OAU came to be as the spirit of independence and Pan-Africanism was sweeping across the continent. Its founders had visions of a strong union, akin to the United States, that would bind Africa's nations. But few leaders of the newly independent countries were willing to give up even a sliver of sovereignty, and many African dictators were wary of a regional group meddling in their affairs. The vision was diluted into an organisation that refused to interfere in member states' internal politics and focussed instead on fighting apartheid in South Africa and the remnants of British and Portuguese colonialism. But many of the continent's conflicts involved "internal" issues. Devastating civil wars in Angola and Mozambique were virtually ignored. Efforts to end the Sierra Leone's 10-year civil war were left to the a regional body, the Economic Community of West African States. The OAU did nothing to stop dictators like Mobutu Sese Seko of the former Zaire from oppressing his people and looting his central African country. And it was silent in 1994 as at least half a million people were killed in Rwanda's genocide. An OAU team praised Zimbabwe's March presidential elections as "transparent, credible, free and fair," even though police had used tear gas to drive thousands of voters away from the polls, and ruling party militants kidnapped hundreds of opposition poll watchers. Few African nations committed strongly to the organisation. Only 16 of its members have paid their dues in full and the group is 42 (m) million US dollars in debt. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...