UNOAU supports AU in the development of a Training Curriculum in Applied International Humanitarian Law.
Stories & Blogs UNOAU (Story )UNOAU in collaboration with the International Peace Support Training Centre (IPSTC) and the Government of Switzerland supported the development of a Training Curriculum in the application of International Humanitarian Law (IHL) in AU peace support operati
SRSG Parfait Onanga-Anyanga's Opening Remarks at the Climate Security Mechanism Partnership Dialogue 2025
Stories & Blogs UNOAU (Story )Across Africa, the impacts of climate change are increasingly shaping peace and security dynamics, acting as a conflict risk multiplier, deepening vulnerabilities, and placing additional stress on already fragile political, economic and social systems.
Regional Partnerships to Bridge Climate Action, Peace and Security
Stories & Blogs UNOAU (Story )The Climate Security Mechanism (CSM) at the United Nations, jointly with the United Nations Office to the African Union (UNOAU), concluded the 2025 CSM Partnership Dialogue today in Addis Ababa and online.
Secretary-General's message for International Day for Countering Hate Speech, 18 June, 2024
Stories & Blogs UNOAU (Story )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.
UNOAU supports ECOWAS in the development and delivery of the African Standby Force Military Pre-Deployment Training of Trainers Course
Stories & Blogs UNOAU (Story )In collaboration with the British Peace Support Team, UNOAU supported ECOWAS in the development and delivery of a Military Pre-Deployment Training of Trainers Course in Accra, Ghana.
UNOAU and Amani Africa Hold Policy Dialogue ‘Towards a Renewed AU-UN Partnership: Financing of African Union-led Peace Support Operations’
Stories & Blogs UNOAU (Story )The policy dialogue focused on the options of financing AU-led PSOs laid out in the SG’s report as well as the next steps with regards to the use of UN-assessed contributions.
UNOAU Provides Technical Support to the AU in the Delivery of a Course On ‘Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning’
Stories & Blogs UNOAU (Story )The aim of the course was to expose participants to various monitoring and evaluation tools to make them more accountable in the implementation of AU peace support operations’ (PSO) mandates.
SRSG To the AU and Head of UNOAU Attends High-Level Policy Dialogue on Africa’s Post-Cold War Security Architecture
Stories & Blogs UNOAU (Story )The dialogue took account of shifting trends and threats following the 1992 publication of UNSG Boutros-Ghali’s Agenda for Peace, and is in anticipation of UNSG Guterres’s pending publication of a New Agenda for Peace. Academics
Africa Day 2023: UN Secretary-General’s Message
Stories & Blogs UNOAU (Story )“Africa’s dynamism is unstoppable; its potential is breathtaking, from the vibrancy of its huge number of young people to the possibilities of free trade” António Guterres.
UNOAU Participates in the Third Meeting of the Expanded Mechanism for the Resolution of the Sudan Conflict
Stories & Blogs UNOAU (Story )The meeting presented amongst others, the next steps towards an inclusive, Sudanese owned process, that would end the fighting and put Sudan on the path to a democratic, civilian-led government