On 5 October, 2023, the UN Security Council (UNSC) members held their eighth informal joint seminar with the African Union Peace and Security Council (AUPSC). The informal seminars have been organised since 2016 to encourage…
SRSG Parfait Onanga-Anyanga participated in a High-Level side event in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on Youth, Peace and Security (YPS) and the UN Secretary-General’s New Agenda for Peace, convened by the Permanent Representatives…
On 26 September, UNOAU facilitated a panel discussion at an event organized by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), to commemorate the International Day of Peace. The event brought together over one…
As we commemorate International Peace Day, it is imperative to reflect on the words of the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, who remarked, "There is no peace without development and no development without peace; it is…
As we mark this International Day of Peace, people and our planet are in crisis. Conflicts driving record numbers of people from their homes. Deadly fires, raging floods and soaring temperatures. Poverty, inequalities and…
On 17 September, SRSG Parfait Onanga-Anyanga attended the 4 th AU-EU-UN Trilateral Meeting held at UN Headquarters in New York on the margins of the UN General Assembly (UNGA), along with the Chairperson of the AUC, Moussa…
The Secretary-General met with H.E. Mr. Moussa Faki Mahamat, Chairperson of the African Union Commission. The leaders discussed various governance challenges, including the increase in unconstitutional changes of government…
On 18 September, SRSG Parfait Onanga-Anyanga represented UNOAU at the 22 nd UN-AU Joint Task Force (JTF) on Peace and Security held at UN Headquarters in New York , to discuss the status of the partnership between the UN and…
On 17 September, SRSG Parfait Onanga-Anyanga attended the 4 th AU-EU-UN Trilateral Meeting held at UN Headquarters in New York on the margins of the UN General Assembly (UNGA), along with the Chairperson of the AUC, Moussa…
The Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS), Leonardo Santos Simao, hosted, on 12 September 2023 in Dakar, Senegal, the 38 th. Meeting of…
On 6 September, UNOAU participated in a Lessons Learned Exercise focused on the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM), covering the 15 years of its operations prior to its passage and the establishment of the Africa…
From 29 August to 2 September, pursuant to the decision of the 11th Regional Oversight Mechanism (ROM) Summit held in Bujumbura, Burundi, the Special Envoy of the Chairperson of the (AUC) on Women, Peace and Security (WPS)…