Editing Foreign relations of Ethiopia (section)

==African Union==
{{Main article|Ethiopia–African Union relations}}
[[File:50th Anniversary African Union Summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.jpg|thumb|50th anniversary of African Union Summit at [[Africa Hall]] in Addis Ababa, 2013]]
[[Ethiopia]] is one of founding African states of the [[Organization of African Unity]] (OAU) (now the [[African Union]]) on 25 May 1963 under [[Emperor of Ethiopia|Emperor]] [[Haile Selassie]], headquartered in [[Addis Ababa]]. At the time, the organization evolved up to 54 African states, except [[Morocco]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Speeches delivered by His Imperial Majesty Haile Selassie 1st Emperor of Ethiopia by jahrastafari89 - Issuu |url=https://issuu.com/jahrastafari89/docs/speeches_delivered_by_his_imperial_ |access-date=2022-09-02 |website=issuu.com |date=14 June 2018 |language=en}}</ref>

The country is driving force of maintaining [[UN]]-AU peacekeeping missions, especially in the [[Horn of Africa]] region. The AU does not readily aggregate the preference of each member states. Therefore, every AU norms, institution and overlaps as consensus stated in the AU Constitution Act and its various decision and policy making, and implementation organs. As such, the AU offers for member states like Ethiopia to influence and impact on policy internally and regionally.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Keeping Peace in Abyei: The Role and Contributions of Ethiopia ← Mehari Taddele Maru |url=https://meharitaddele.info/2019/04/keeping-peace-in-abyei-the-role-and-contributions-of-ethiopia-2/ |access-date=2022-09-02 |website=meharitaddele.info}}</ref><ref>{{Cite report |last=Large |first=Daniel |date=2010 |title=STABILISING SUDAN: DOMESTIC, SUB-REGIONAL, AND EXTRA-REGIONAL CHALLENGES |publisher=Centre for Conflict Resolution |jstor=resrep05124}}</ref> Today, Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa is home of major organizations such as [[African Union]], [[Pan African Chamber of Commerce and Industry]], [[United Nations Economic Commission for Africa]] and [[African Standby Force]].