International Youth Day 2025: Youth Voices in Multilateral Work | Reflections from UNOAU's Communications & Gender Intern, Ms. Betesayda Bezabeh (2025 Cohort)
This year’s International Youth Day theme, “Local Youth Actions for the SDGs and Beyond,” underscores the transformative role of young people in adapting the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to local realities. It is a…
UNOAU supports the AU Pilot High-Level Training on AU’s Operational Guidance Note Draft on Oversight and Accountability of the Security Sector
From 23-24 July, the AU, jointly with the African Policing Civilian Oversight Forum (APCOF), and with support of UNOAU, organized a pilot high-level training related to the AU’s Operational Guidance Note (OGN) on Oversight…
UNOAU Participates in the Development of Generic Leadership Training Package for AU Senior Police Management Team in PSOs
From 24-26 July, UNOAU participated in a workshop organized by the AUC Peace Support Operations Division (PSOD) in Debre-Zeit, Ethiopia, as part of the process to develop a training package for Police Senior Management in the…
Informal meeting of UN Security Council President and Chair of the AU Peace and Security Council for July 2025
On 3 July, the Permanent Representative of Pakistan to the United Nations and President of the UN Security Council for the month of July, Ambassador Asim Iftikhar Ahmad, met with the Ambassador of Uganda to Ethiopia and…
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AUPSC Communiqué | 1287th Meeting on Update on the Situation in Somalia and Operations of the AU Support and Stabilization Mission in Somalia (AUSSOM) | 3 July 2025
On 3 July, the AU PSC held its 1287th meeting at the level of Ministers on the situation in Somalia. Full communique available here.
UNOAU participates in Expert Workshop on “African Wars in the 21st Century: Bridging the Gap Between Policy and Action in Post-Conflict Recovery”
From 1-2 July, UNOAU participated in the expert workshop “African wars in the 21st century: bridging the gap between policy and action in post-conflict recovery”. The workshop was jointly organized by the Institute for Peace…
UNOAU participates in UNFCCC Workshop on Climate Finance and Carbon Markets
On 1 to 2 July, UNOAU participated in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) workshop on the Paris Agreement Crediting Mechanism, held at the UN Campus in Bonn, Germany. The workshop followed the…
UNOAU participates in the Review of AUSSOM specific Pre-deployment Training Package for Individual Police Officers
On 17 July, UNOAU participated in a workshop organized by the African Union Commission at the Institute for Security Studies in Addis Ababa. This was the second session in a series, following an earlier workshop held from 10…
UNOAU participates in AU Validation Workshop for the Handbook for AU Monitors in the AU Monitoring Verification and Compliance Mission
From 17-21 July, UNOAU participated in an AU workshop to validate the Monitors Handbook for the AU Monitoring Verification and Compliance Mission (AU-MVCM) in the Tigray region of Ethiopia. The workshop was attended by…
UNOAU participates in the 4th Policy Session of the African Union’s Inter-Regional Knowledge Exchange (I-RECKE) on Early Warning and Conflict Prevention
On 12 July the AU convened the 4th Policy Session of the African Union’s Inter-Regional Knowledge Exchange (I-RECKE) on Early Warning and Conflict Prevention in Malabo, held on the margins of the 7th Mid-Year Coordination…
SRSG to the AU and Head of UNOAU participates in the 13th High-Level Dialogue on Democracy, Human Rights, and Governance
On 29 and 30 July, SRSG Parfait Onanga-Anyanga participated in the 13th High-Level Dialogue on Democracy, Human Rights, and Governance, which took place in Accra, Ghana. The biennial event was held under the theme: “Justice…
UNOAU supports AU in Assessing Knowledge and Gaps Among Staff Officers in Peace Support Operations
From 09–11 July 2025, UNOAU, in collaboration with the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre (KAIPTC), provided technical support to the AU in assessing knowledge and skill gaps in the performance of staff…