On 29 June 2023, SRSG Parfait Onanga-Anyanga met with the United Nations Assistant Secretary-General (ASG) for Human Rights Ms. Ilze Brands Kehris. Ms. Kehris was in Addis Ababa to co-chair the Strategic Steering Committee…
To enhance cooperation and coordination in training and capacity building among African Union (AU) member states’ police agencies, AFRIPOL organized a two-day intensive interaction held in Addis Ababa from 27-28 June 2023…
On 27 June 2023, the Special Representative of the Secretary- General (SRSG) to the African Union (AU) and Head of the UNOAU, Parfait Onanga-Ayanga represented the Secretary-General to the Quadripartite Summit on coordination…
From 22 to 23 June, UNOAU participated in the 25 th International Meeting of Mine Action National Directors and United Nations Advisers, held in Geneva, Switzerland. The event brought together over 300 National Mine Action…
On 18-22 June, the Head of the United Nations Support Office in Somalia (UNSOS), Assistant Secretary-General Aisa Kirabo Kacyira, undertook an inaugural visit to Addis Ababa to meet with senior officials of the Federal…
THE UN SECRETARY-GENERAL -- MESSAGE ON THE OCCASION OF WORLD REFUGEE DAY 20 June 2023 During my decade as UN High Commissioner for Refugees, I witnessed the resilience and contributions of refugees across all walks of life…
On 12 June, the SRSG to the AU and Head of UNOAU met with a delegation from the African Development Bank (AfDB) led by the AfDB Deputy Director-General for the East Africa Region, Dr. Abdul Kamara. Discussions focused on AfDB…
From 5 to 9 June, UNOAU attended the Annual Common Connections Week on Security Sector Reform (SSR) in New York, a meeting of SSR practitioners and policymakers within the United Nations (UN) Inter-Agency SSR Task Force and…
On 7 June, the AU Youth Envoy, Chido Cleopatra Mpemba, participated in an Ambassadorial-level meeting of the UN Peacebuilding Commission on the Youth, Peace and Security (YPS) agenda in New York. The meeting was opened by the…
From 30 May to 2 June, UNOAU participated in the 2 nd AU workshop on the review of the AU Post-Conflict Reconstruction and Development (PCRD) policy in Cairo, Egypt. Participants included officials from the Egyptian Ministry…
On May 31, the Expanded Mechanism for the Resolution of the Conflict in Sudan convened its third meeting in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The meeting was chaired by Professor Mohamed El-Hacen Lebatt, Spokesperson for the AU Process…
AUC convenes follow-up meeting of the Expanded Mechanism for Sudan 2 May 2023 | The AU Commission (AUC) convened a follow-up meeting of the Expanded Mechanism for Sudan pursuant to the Communiqué of the 20 April High-Level…