The African Union Peace and Security Council (AU PSC) and the Members of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) held their eighteenth (18th) Annual Joint Consultative Meeting at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, United States of America, on 18 October 2024.

On 22 September, the AUC Chairperson, Moussa Faki Mahamat; the President of the European Council, Charles Michel; the European Union (EU) High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Vice President of the European Commission, Josep Borrell; the Europea

Everywhere we look, peace is under attack.

From Gaza, to Sudan, to Ukraine and beyond we see:

Civilians in the firing line;

Homes blown apart;

Traumatised, terrified populations who have lost everything – and sometimes everyone.