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The 11 th United Nations – African Union – Regional Economic Communities and Regional Mechanisms (RECs/RMs) Consultative Meeting on the Prevention and Management of Conflict took place in Addis Ababa in the beginning of…

Fifty senior female police officers met in Addis Ababa for a first of its kind preparatory course that would build a fast-track pipeline for the nominations of women to advance in policing at a leadership level. This course…

In October, UNOAU also sat with the Ambassador of Kenya, H.E. Catherine Mwangi. Read full interview below As one of the few female Ambassadors sitting in the AU PSC, what would you say that the presence of female members /…

The UN Gender Equality and Empowerment of Women and Youth cluster convened for a consultative meeting with experts from the African Union Women, Gender and Development Directorate (WGDD) to deliberate on the the latter's…

SRSG Menkerios and a UNOAU team met with a delegation from the European Union Delegation to the African Union. The purpose of this meeting was to (re)invigorate relations and also to discuss ways for enhancing cooperation…

Ms. Nathalie Ndongo-Seh attended the 728th Open Session of the African Union Peace and Security Council (AUPSC) which convened in Addis Ababa to deliberate on the role of women in countering and preventing violennt extremism…

The UN Secretary-General's Special Representative for International Migration, Ms. Louise Arbour, UN Secretary General Special Representative for International Migration Ms. Louise Arbour held a press briefing along the…

As UN Week celebrations in Addis Ababa came to an end, UNOAU joined sister UN agencies at Addis Ababa University for a panel discussion that explored SDG 4, 5 and 16. Corresponding to education, gender equality and peace and…

The Ambassador of Rwanda, Mrs Hope Tumukunde Gasatura sat with UNOAU for an interview. Ambassador Gasatura is one of the four women ambassadors who are members of the African Union Peace and Security Council (AUPSC). This…

UN staff in Ethiopia joined several Ambassadors, Representatives from the Government of Ethiopia and the African Union Commission, as well other invited guests in a celebration of the 2017 UN Day. A representative from the…

From 2 to 6 October, a team of officers from UNOAU and the AU Peace and Security Department (AU PSOD) conducted an assessment visit to G5 Sahel Joint Force Headquarters in Savare, Mali. Major General Francis Okello, the head…

On 12th September, Haile Menkerios, Special Representative of the Secretary-General to the African Union, addressed the Security council meeting on strengthening the partnership between the United Nations and the African…