UNOAU supports AU in the development of a Training Curriculum in Applied International Humanitarian Law.
Stories & Blogs UNOAUJun 28, 2025(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 UNOAUJun 23, 2025(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 UNOAUJun 23, 2025(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.
The UN and AU collaborate for sustainable development in Africa
Stories & Blogs ECAApr 07, 2025(Story )The United Nations and the African Union (AU) are creating synergy in implementing the African Union’s Agenda 2063 and the UN Sustainable Development Goals for Agenda 2030, described as "Two agendas, One framework."
Remarks by the UN Secretary-General at the opening of the 38th African Union Summit.
Stories & Blogs ECAFeb 15, 2025(Story )The partnership between the United Nations and the African Union has never been stronger. Together, we see an Africa brimming with hope and possibility.
UNOAU supports ECOWAS in the development and delivery of the African Standby Force Military Pre-Deployment Training of Trainers Course
Stories & Blogs UNOAUJun 29, 2024(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.
Secretary-General's message for International Day for Countering Hate Speech, 18 June, 2024
Stories & Blogs UNOAUJun 18, 2024(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 Participates in the Third Meeting of the Expanded Mechanism for the Resolution of the Sudan Conflict
Stories & Blogs UNOAUMay 31, 2023(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
Africa Day 2023: UN Secretary-General’s Message
Stories & Blogs UNOAUMay 25, 2023(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.
SRSG To the AU and Head of UNOAU Attends High-Level Policy Dialogue on Africa’s Post-Cold War Security Architecture
Stories & Blogs UNOAUMay 20, 2023(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