1. Increase awareness of the role, organization, and performance of the African Union;

2. Highlight key economic, social and political-security issues facing the African continent;

3. Demonstrate the patterns of cooperation and conflict between the A.U. and the United Nations;

4. Generate understanding of the multi-various determinants, capabilities and constraints that shape the foreign policies of member states of the African Union;

5. Demonstrate the patterns of cooperation and conflict characterizing intra-African diplomacy in the search for solutions to regional issues;

6. Highlight the impact of major power global policies on economic, social and political-security issues facing the African continent as well as attempts to influence the policies of major powers in matters of common concern.