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Communique from the 12th Joint Consultative meeting between the African Union Peace and Security Council and the United Nations Peace and Security Council held at UN Headquarters in New York on 19 July, 2018.

This meeting is an illustration of the importance the United Nations and the African Union attach to a strong partnership, based on a recognition of our inter-dependence, mutual respect, shared values and comparative…

On 9 July 2018, the Chairperson of the African Union (AU) Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat, and the United Nations (UN) Secretary-General António Guterres convened the second AU- UN Annual Conference at the AU Headquarters in…

On May 22, 2018, the African Union Peace and Security Council convened an open session on the Principles of Protection of Civilians in Conflict Areas in Africa.

The United Nations Office to the African Union (UNOAU) in partnership with the African Union (AU), Oxfam International, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the Institute for Peace and Security Studies…

Along the margins of the 72 nd UN General Assembly in New York, Mr. Oscar Fernandez-Taranco, the UN Assistant Secretary-General for Peacebuilding Support and Ambassador Smail Chergui, the African Union (AU) Commissioner for…

The African union, the United Nations, the European Union and the International Organisation of la Francophonie underscore the necessity of an inclusive political dialogue in the DRC and their commitment to support the…

Delivered by Haile Menkerios, Special Representative of the Secretary General and Head of Office, United Nations Office to the African Union (UNOAU) Addis Ababa, 23 January 2016

Addis Ababa, 16 October 2015: The Commission of the African Union (AU) represented by Ambassador Smail Chergui, Commissioner for Peace and Security, and the Lake Chad Basin Commission (LCBC), represented by its Secretary…

The United Nations-African Union Joint Task Force on Peace and Security held its eleventh consultative meeting in New York, on 2 October 2015