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The Friends of the UN-AU Partnership initiative was launched at the African Union Headquarters on April 20, 2019. Present at the launch, were ambassadors and representatives based in Addis Ababa from several countries…

The United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres and the African Union Commission Chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat held the Third African Union-United Nations Annual Conference at the UN Headquarters in New York on 6 May…

The 12th annual United Nations - African Union - Regional Economic Communities (RECs)/Regional Mechanisms (RMs) consultative meeting on prevention, management and resolution of conflicts started African Union HQ today. This…

The Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of UNOAU, Ms. Hanna Tetteh delivered a keynote address at the 2019 International Women's Day briefing organized by the Institute for Peace and Security Studies…

In marking this year's International Women's Day, the Institute for Peace and Security Studies (IPSS) organized a briefing session titled 'The Role of Women in Peacemaking and Peacebuilding in Africa'. The Special…

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…