UNOAU supports AU PSOD in the PDV of Burundian and Ugandan Helicopters for ATMIS
From 8 to 12 August, UNOAU staff supported a team of experts from the African Union Peace Support Operations Division (AU PSOD), the United Nations Support Office in Somalia (UNSOS), and the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) in Entebbe, Uganda, to conduct a Pre-deployment…
SRSG to the AU and Head of UNOAU attends meeting on MHEWEAS in Africa
On 8 August, the SRSG to the African Union and Head of UNOAU, Parfait Onanga-Anyanga attended a meeting on the Africa Multi-Hazard Early Warning and Early Action System (MHEWEAS) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, focusing on ‘increasing early warning and action in Africa’. The meeting was hosted by the…
UNOAU supports SSC to the African Union Peace Fund Secretariat
From 7 to 8 August, UNOAU facilitated the deployment of a Finance and Budget Officer as part of the Standing Surge Capacity (SSC) for a short-term assignment in support of the African Union Peace Fund (AUPF) Secretariat. This officer was the first of two officers from the SSC to deploy. The second…
UNOAU facilitates signing of agreements between the UN and the AU to strengthen Operational support partnership
Building on the Secretary-General’s commitment to strengthen cooperation between the United Nations (UN) and African Union (AU), Deputy Chairperson of the AU Commission, H.E. Dr. Monique Nsanzabaganwa, and UN Under-Secretary-General for Operational Support, Mr. Atul Khare, signed two agreements to…
SRSG Onanga-Anyanga and Egypt’s Chief CoP27 Negotiator discuss inaugural Africa Climate Summit during Addis Ababa visit
The UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) to the African Union, Parfait Onanga-Anyanga, met with Ambassador Mohamed Nasr, the Director of the Climate, Environment and Sustainable Development Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Arab Republic of Egypt and Egypt…
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AUPSC Communiqué | 1172nd Meeting on the Situation in the Republic of Gabon
Council decided to immediately suspend the participation of the Republic of Gabon in all activities of the AU and its Organs and institutions until the restoration of constitutional order in the country, in line with the relevant AU instruments, in particular, the AU Constitutive Act and the…
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AUPSC Communiqué | 1168th Meeting on the Situation in the Republic of Niger.
Reference PSC/PR/COMM.1168 (2023) The Council Reiterated its deep concern over the resurgence of military coups d’état and unequivocally condemned the military coup d’état that took place on 26 July 2023 in Niger. Council welcomed the Final Communique of the Extraordinary Summit of the ECOWAS…
UNOAU attends ATMIS Joint Technical Assessment in Mogadishu, Somalia
From 16 to 25 August, UNOAU participated in the Joint Technical Assessment (JTA) of ATMIS in Somalia led by the Federal Government of Somalia (FGS) and the Africa Union (AU). The Assessment Team included experts from the FGS, the AU Peace Support Operations Division (PSOD), ATMIS, UNSOM, UNSOS and…
SRSG to the AU and Head of UNOAU meets with Ambassador of Cameroon to AU
On 23 August, the SRSG to the African Union and Head of UNOAU, Parfait Onanga-Anyanga, met with the Ambassador of Cameroon to the AU, Churchill Ewumbue-Monono. They discussed the upcoming programme of work of the AU Peace and Security Council (AUPSC) for September and recent developments concerning…
SRSG to the AU and Head of UNOAU meets President of the National Democratic Institute
On 22 August, the SRSG to the African Union and Head of UNOAU, Parfait Onanga-Anyanga met with the President of the National Democratic Institute (NDI), Ambassador Derek Mitchell, to discuss the political and security situation in the Horn of Africa, as well as UN and AU support to governance and…
38th Meeting of the Heads of the United Nations Missions | Dakar, Senegal
The Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS), Leonardo Santos Simao, hosted, on 12 September 2023 in Dakar, Senegal, the 38 th. Meeting of the Heads of the United Nations Missions. The objective of the meeting was to…
UNOAU supports high-level AU WPS Mission to the DRC
From 29 August to 2 September, pursuant to the decision of the 11th Regional Oversight Mechanism (ROM) Summit held in Bujumbura, Burundi, the Special Envoy of the Chairperson of the (AUC) on Women, Peace and Security (WPS), Bineta Diop, led a high-level women’s delegation for a peace advocacy…