From 10 to 12 October 2022, the fifth workshop of the African Union Peace and Security Council (AUPSC) Committee of Experts (CoE) convened at the AU Permanent Observer Mission in New York, facilitated by UNOAU, supported by…
Amid formidable challenges, including an uptick in terrorist attacks in the Sahel, unconstitutional changes of Government, increasing recourse to use of force to resolve disputes, and a dire humanitarian situation in several…
The UN Office to the African Union (UNOAU) and the African Union (AU) is jointly organizing a workshop on ' Women's Equal Participation in Electoral Processes in Africa', from 13-14 October 2022 at 09:30 am to 04:30 pm EAT at…
Jointly commemorating this year’s Peace Day, UNOAU collaborated with AUC’s Department of Political Affairs, Peace and Security (AUC PAPS) and Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) to launch a serious…
UNOAU participated in the inaugural Operational Technical Committee (OTC) meeting of the AU Compliance Framework (AUCF) project on 23 September. The OTC is co-chaired by the AU Director of Conflict Management Directorate and…
As part of UNOAU's initiatives in support of the implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1325, UNOAU has launched an E-Book featuring the stories and experiences of 20 African women and three women’s organizations…
20 years after the United Nation Security Council Resolution 1325 was passed, how far have we come? The podcast series She Stands For Peace explores the state of the Women, Peace and Security Agenda in Africa, through a…
On 12 July, the UN Security Council held an open video-teleconference (VTC) on ‘Strategic communications in peacekeeping operations’. The open debate was opened by the Secretary-General, António Guterres, who underscored that…
Building on the Secretary-General’s commitment to strengthen cooperation between the United Nations and African Union, training and capacity development practitioners from both organisations held a workshop from 13 to 17 June…
From 20 to 24 June, UNOAU in collaboration with the United Nations Support Office in Somalia (UNSOS), provided technical support to the African Union (AU) in the design and development of a pre-deployment training package for…
2023 Standby Team of Senior Mediation Advisers in the following areas of specialization: • Design and Conduct of Mediation, Facilitation and Dialogue Processes; • Security Arrangements (with an emphasis on ceasefires); •…
From 13 to 17 June, UNOAU participated in a workshop on the African Union (AU)-United Nations (UN) Knowledge and Expertise Exchange Programme (KEEP) at UN Headquarters in New York. The main objective of KEEP is to deepen…