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SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt, July 1 (Reuters) - The African Union supported the creation of a government of national unity for Zimbabwe on Tuesday and recommended regional mediation efforts continue, a text of the decision said.

President Robert Mugabe, 84, was sworn in for a new five-year term on Sunday after election authorities announced he had won a landslide victory in a one-candidate presidential run-off ballot that was boycotted by the opposition.

The resolution backed the "creation of a government of national unity" and encouraged both sides to live up to pledges to start dialogue to promote peace and stability, the resolution said.

It also recommended that mediation efforts by the regional Southern African Development Community be continued, and urged all parties to refrain from action that "may negatively impact on the climate of dialogue".

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