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On 6 June, the Permanent Representative of the Republic of Korea to the UN and President of the UN Security Council (UNSC) for the month of June, Ambassador Joonkook Hwang, met with the Ambassador of Uganda to Ethiopia and Permanent Representative to the AU, who also serves as the AUPSC Chairperson…

UNOAU supports AUC in Assessment for Mission Service for Kenya National Police Service to identify prospective Individual Police Officers to be deployed to AU Mission in Somalia From 7 to 12 June, UNOAU participated in the Assessment for Mission Service (AMS) of prospective Individual Police…

On 13 June, the AU Peace and Security Council (AUPSC) dedicated its 1214 th meeting to a discussion on ‘Artificial Intelligence and its Impact on Peace and Security in Africa’. Referencing the Common African Position on the Application of International Law to the Use of Information and Communication…

From 20 to 24 May, UNOAU, in collaboration with the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre and the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ) developed and delivered the African Standby Force Civilian Foundation Course in Accra, Ghana. The Civilian Foundation Course is a…

Hate speech is a marker of discrimination, abuse, violence, conflict, and even crimes against humanity. We have seen this play out from Nazi Germany to Rwanda, Bosnia and beyond. There is no acceptable level of hate speech; we must all work to eradicate it completely. Hate speech today targets a…

From 17-29 June 2024, UNOAU, in collaboration with the British Peace Support Team, supported ECOWAS in the development and delivery of a Military Pre-Deployment Training of Trainers Course in Accra, Ghana. The purpose of the training was to prepare the ECOWAS Standby Force to act as first responders…

From 27-31 May 2024, UNOAU, in collaboration with the AU and the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ), supported ECOWAS in the delivery of a pilot course in the Protection of Civilians (POC) in Armed Conflict. Earlier in the year, UNOAU supported ECOWAS in the design and development of…

On 2 and 3 July, SRSG Parfait Onanga-Anyanga attended the Aswan Forum in Cairo, Egypt. This year’s edition focused on ‘Africa in a Changing World: Re-envisioning Global Governance for Peace and Development’, underscoring how ‘existing structures and frameworks of global governance are falling short…

On 3 and 4 July, the AU High-Level Panel on Sudan and the AU Special Envoy on Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) convened the high-level ‘Sudan Women’s Dialogue’ in Kampala, Uganda. The conference brought together women representatives from diverse backgrounds, including peacebuilding networks…

On 5 July, SRSG Parfait Onanga-Anyanga participated in the AUPSC’s 1220th meeting to brainstorm on the Summit of the Future scheduled on 22 and 23 September. The meeting, held in open session, was chaired by the Permanent Representative of the Republic of Angola to the AU and AUPSC Chairperson for…

UNOAU and the Cairo International Center for Conflict Resolution, Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding (CCCPA), an Egyptian public agency established in 1994 by the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) during the Aswan Forum in Cairo on 2-3 July. The MoU, signed…

The United Nations Office to the African Union (UNOAU) participated in the 11th African Standby Capacity (ASC) Coordination Meeting, held from 15th to 19th July 2024 in Dakar, Senegal. The meeting was co-hosted by the African Union (AU) Commission and the Economic Community of West African States…