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Fifth African Union-United Nations Annual Conference

The UN Secretary-General António Guterres and AU Commission Chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat welcomed the continuing strong cooperation between the two Organizations on 2 December at the UN headquarters in New York. The…
SRSG Parfait Onanga-Anyanga delivers opening remarks at the event. On his right, the newly appointed AUC PAPS Governance and Conflict Prevention Director, Ms. Patience Chiradza & H.E. Stephan Auer, German Ambassador to Ethiopia

Peace Day Observed with the Launch of a Serious Game that Educates on Conflict Prevention and Peacebuilding Using Technology

Jointly commemorating this year’s Peace Day, UNOAU collaborated with AUC’s Department of Political Affairs, Peace and Security (AUC PAPS) and Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) to launch a serious…
UN Secretary-General António Guterres and AU Commission Chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat at UN headquarters for the fifth AU-UN Annual Conference. UN Photo/Evan Schneider

Fifth African Union-United Nations Annual Conference

The UN Secretary-General António Guterres and AU Commission Chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat welcomed the continuing strong cooperation between the two Organizations on 2 December at the UN headquarters in New York. The…

COOPERATION BETWEEN THE UN AND THE AU - 20 years

Amid formidable challenges, including an uptick in terrorist attacks in the Sahel, unconstitutional changes of Government, increasing recourse to use of force to resolve disputes, and a dire humanitarian situation in several…

UNOAU SRSG participates in Aswan Forum in Egypt

From 21 to 22 June, SRSG to the African Union and Head of UNOAU, Parfait Onanga-Anyanga, participated in the 2022 Aswan Forum, under the theme “Africa in an Era of Cascading Risks and Climate Vulnerability: Pathways for a…
Participants at the sixth International Partnership for Technology in Peacekeeping Symposium that took place in Pretoria, South Africa (UN Photo)

UNOAU attends sixth International Partnership for Technology in Peacekeeping Symposium

UNOAU attended the sixth International Partnership for Technology in Peacekeeping Symposium that took place in Pretoria, South Africa, under the theme “Informed - Aware – Effective”. The symposium was held from 21 to 24 June…
The Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) to the African Union and Head of UNOAU, Parfait Onanga-Anyanga speaks at the fourth Strategic Dialogue on the UN Secretary-General’s Peace Building Fund (PBF) in The Hague, the Netherlands

UNOAU SRSG participates in the fourth Strategic Dialogue on the UNSG’s Peacebuilding Fund

On 14 June, Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) to the African Union and Head of UNOAU, Parfait Onanga-Anyanga, participated in the fourth Strategic Dialogue on the UN Secretary-General’s Peace Building…

UNOAU holds meeting with EU Delegation to AU and EU EEAS

On 15 June, UNOAU, the Delegation of the European Union (EU) to the African Union (AU) and the European External Actions Service (EEAS) of the EU held a working-level meeting in Addis Ababa to discuss their collaboration with…