Re-establishment of the RCM cluster #9, on Governance, Peace, and Security, co-chaired by UNOAU Chief of Staff and the Director of AUPAD
UNOAU Chief of Staff and the Director of the AUC Political Affairs Deprtment, co-chaired a meeting to discuss the cluster 9 of the RCM on Governance, Peace and Security, with the aim to identifying challenges, priorities and activities to be undertaken in support of both Organizations main programs…
Bengladesh Chief of Army Staff visits UNOAU
Bengladesh Chief of Army Staff, visits UNOAU
- AU Communiqués
The African Union and the Lake Chad Basin Commission sign an agreement for the operationalization of the Multinational Joint Task Force to Counter the Boko Haram Terrorist Group
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-General, Engineer Sanusi Imran Abdullahi, today, at the AU Headquarters, signed…
African Union conducts Amani II Field Training Exercise
The African Union conducted a Field Training Exercise as part of its efforts to operationalize the African Standby Forces (ASF). The Exercise was a multidimensional Peace Support Operations Exersie, involving military, police and civilian personnel from the ASF. AMANI II Field Training Exercise…
- AU Communiqués
UN Statement to the African Union Peace and Security Council and the United Nations Security Council Informal Dialogue
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
- Joint Communiqués
Joint press release on the political dialogue in the Democratic Republic of the Congo(English)
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 Congolese actors towards the consolidation of democracy in the country.
UNOAU partners with IPSS to explore Peace Support Operations (PSOs) in Africa
The UN-AU cooperation within the context of Peace Support Operations (PSOs) was discussed in a half day briefing session with partners that was organized by the Institute for Peace and Security Studies (IPSS). Taking place in July, this event came after UNOAU and IPSS signed a Memorandum of…
UNSC Members consult with AU PSC Counterparts on Somalia, South Sudan and Lake Chad Basin
A delegation of UN Security (UNSC) Members traveled to Addis Ababa from 6 th to 8 th September, 2017 for the annual consultative meeting with their counterparts at the AU Peace and Security Council (AU PSC). During the mission, UNSC Members were briefed by SRSG and Head of UNOAU, Mr. Menkerios as…
- Joint Communiqués
Joint Communique on United Nations-African Union Memorandum of Understanding on Peace-building
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 Peace and Security signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on UN-AU…
IPSS-UNOAU Briefing Series: Enhancing AU-RECs partnership in Peace and Security
The inaugural IPSS-UNOAU briefing organised in Addis Ababa in September tackled a broad topic on enhancing partnerships between the African Union (AU) and Regional Economic Communites (RECs) in peace and security. Categorised under two sub-themes, the briefing explored coordination challenges vis-a…
- Joint Communiqués
Joint Press Release: UNOAU joins AU, IPSS and other partners to mark 2017 Peace Day
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 (IPSS) organized a panel discussion on the theme, “Harnessing the Demographic…
Director of UN Mediation Support briefed on review of UN-AU cooperation on mediation
The Director of UN Mediation Support Unit, Ms. Teresa Whitfield (UNDPA) attended a meeting at UNOAU office in Addis Ababa where she met with the Chief of Staff, Ms. Nathalie Ndongo-Seh and other team leaders. In this meeting, Ms. Whitfield was briefed on the review of UN-AU cooperation on mediation…