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On 7 April, the Rwandan Embassy and the AU Commission jointly organized the 27 th commemoration of the genocide in Rwanda held under the theme “Kwibuka: Remember, Unite, Renew”. The AU Chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat; the Rwandan Ambassador Hope Tumukunde Gasatura; the AUC Deputy Chairperson Monique…

The Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) and Head of UNOAU, Hanna Tetteh, participated in the SDG 16 Conference themed, “Transforming Governance for a more peaceful, just and inclusive future” organized jointly by the International Development Law Organization (IDLO) and the…

UNOAU coordinated a meeting between the Permanent Representative of Algeria to the AU and AUPSC Chairperson in May, Ambassador Salah Ehamdi, and the Permanent Representative of China and UNSC President in May, Ambassador Zhang Jun. The monthly meeting was convened to provide an opportunity for the…

UNOAU, together with the AU Peace and Security Council (AUPSC) Secretariat, facilitated the monthly coordination meeting between the Chairperson of the AUPSC and the President of UN Security Council (UNSC), at which they customarily share information on their respective Programmes of Work and…

UNOAU facilitated a meeting between the Permanent Representative of the Republic of Djibouti to the African Union, also Chairperson of the AU Peace and Security Council (AUPSC) for the month of April, Ambassador Mohamed Idriss Farrah, and the Permanent Representative of the Republic of Vietnam, also…

From 27 to 29 April, UNOAU attended a virtual conference organized by the AU Peace Support Operations Division (PSOD) and the police components of the Regional Planning Elements (PLANELMs) of the African Standby Force (ASF). The objective of the meeting was to jointly plan police activities…

UNOAU participated in an AU Selection Assessment and Assistance Team (SAAT) Mission to Nigeria. The objective of the mission was to select prospective Individual Police Officers (IPOs) to be deployed to AMISOM from 26 to 30 April. The total number of IPOs presented for the exercise was one-hundred…

At the request of the African Union (AU), UNOAU participated in a meeting held virtually between a representative of the AU Mine Action Unit and the Zimbabwe Defence Attaché to Ethiopia to discuss ongoing and future support to Zimbabwe in the area of mine action on 17 April. The Zimbabwean Attaché…

On 28 May, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) and Head of UNOAU Hanna Tetteh participated in the 51 st ministerial meeting of the UN Standing Advisory Committee on Security issues in Central Africa (UNSAC), in Bujumbura, Burundi. In her intervention, SRSG Tetteh focused on…

UNOAU participated in the meeting of the Second AU-Regions Standing Committee on Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW), and Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration (DDR) on 19 May. The AU-Regions Standing Committee on SALW and DDR provides an institutional platform for information sharing and…

From 18 to 20 May, UNOAU attended the virtual African Standby Capacity (ASC) Annual Conference, which was chaired by the Capability Development Unit (CDU) of the Peace Support Operations Division (PSOD) and attended by all RECs/RMs (Regions), implementing partners ZIF and ACCORD, and the Training…

On 6 May, UNOAU organized a meeting with the AU Child Protection Adviser as a follow-up to a presentation made by the Adviser to the UNOAU on the 20 th of April which touched on issues relating to child protection, the work currently being undertaken by the AU on this issue, and the challenges that…