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The 16 th United Nations – African Union Joint Task Force (JTF) on Peace and Security was held in Addis Ababa on February 12, 2019 following the close of the 32nd Ordinary Session of the African Union Summit. The meeting was…

H.E. Dmitry Kuptel, Ambassador of the Republic of Belarus in the Republic of Kenya in a courtesy visit had an exchange with the Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG), Ms. Hanna Tetteh. Ambassador Kuptel…

SRSG Hanna Tetteh continues to engage with representatives of the African Union Peace and Security Council (AU PSC) here in Addis Ababa. Today, she met with H.E. Ambassador George S. W. Patten of Liberia to Ethiopia. SRSG…

The Third Peacekeeping Ministerial Preparatory Meeting on Women, Peace and Security took place in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia from 28-29 January 2019. Co-hosted by the Governments of Canada and Ethiopia, this preparatory meeting…

In her second week in Office, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) and Head of UNOAU, Ms. Hanna Tetteh met with the Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Mr. Moussa Faki Mahamat at the African…

On 7 September 2018, UNOAU hosted a delegation from the World Bank, the United Nations Development Program and the United Nations Peace Building Support Office in Addis Ababa to promote a recent report authored in partnership…

The third intermission retreat of Heads of Police components co-hosted by the UN Police Division and the Ethiopian Federal Police; and facilitated by UNOAU took place in Addis Ababa from 31 July to 2 August, 2018. Heads of…

UN Secretary-General António Guterres convened the second AU-UN Annual Conference at the AU Headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The second Annual Conference reviewed the implementation of the Joint Framework for Enhanced…

‘Currently 179 life-saving Mine Action projects are taking place in 22 countries, many of which are in Africa’, Colonel Nurudeen Azeez, Head of the Operational Support and Advisory Unit at UNOAU, underscored at this year’s…

H.E. Mr. Miroslav Lajčák, President of the 72nd Session of the UN General Assembly made an official visit to Addis Ababa from 28 February to 1 March 2018. The main purpose of his visit was to engage stakeholders in…

The UNOAU Chief of Staff, Ms. Nathalie Ndongo-Seh, attended the inauguration ceremony of the African Standby Force (ASF) Continental Logistics Base on 5 th January, 2018. This base is located in Douala in the Republic of…

The Lake Chad Basin Commission (LCBC) and Benin hosted the second meeting of the Joint Steering Committee (JSC) on the African Union (AU) Additional Support to the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) against Boko Haram in…