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Remarks by Teresa Whitfield at the Inaugural Meeting of the AU Panel of the Wise
4 October 2017, Addis Ababa
Excellencies,
Esteemed members of the Panel of the Wise,
In October, UNOAU also sat with the Ambassador of Kenya, H.E. Catherine Mwangi. Read full interview below
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 draft gender strategy which will serve as a continental policy document once
EU to African Union delegation meeting with UNOAU to enhance support to AU partnership
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 that supports partnership with the African Union.
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 in Africa. Addressing Members of the AUPSC and other partners, Ms.
The UN Secretary-General's Special Representative for International Migration, Ms. Louise Arbour, UN Secretary General Special Representative for International Migration Ms.
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.
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).
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.
UNOAU's James Amenyah (right) joined AU Special Representative, H.E. Mr. Pierre Buyoya (second from left) and a team of AU experts in a mission to Mali to assess progress made on G5 Sahel Joint Force Headquarters in October
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 of Planning and Operations Unit at the AU PSOD let the team which undert