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 European Commissioner for International Partnerships, Jutta Urpilainen, representing the President of the European Commission; and the UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, met at the UN Headquarters in New York on the margins of the 79th Session of the UN General Assembly, along with senior officials from the three organizations.

The principals discussed peace, development and humanitarian efforts in the Sahel, the Horn of Africa, and the Great Lakes region, with a particular focus on how to scale up humanitarian and development support to fragile contexts. They also exchanged views on migration, including in the context of the AU-EU-UN Tripartite Task Force on the Situation of Migrants and Refugees in Libya. They further commended the adoption by the Security Council of resolution 2719 (2023) on predictable financing of AU-led peace support operations and expressed their commitment to working together towards its operationalization. Moreover, participants discussed actions needed to support countries facing the double vulnerability of climate change and conflict to build the required resilience and effectively respond to climate-related security threats.

The three organizations underscored the importance of strengthening partnerships between Africa and Europe for mutual benefit and stressed the need to further promote peace and security and accelerate the implementation of the AU Agenda 2063 and the UN Sustainable Development Goals 2030, towards a stable, peaceful and prosperous Africa.