"AFRICAN UNION - AU"

UN Secretary-General António Guterres said that the African Union (AU) is the world body’s “most important” strategic partnership, reiterating that “we must work with the African Union based on the principle of African-led solutions for African problems in all dimensions, peace and security, development, climate change.” UNIFEED

Noon briefing by Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

Parfait Onanga-Anyanga, Special Representative of the Secretary-General to the African Union, said, “there is an alarming rise in political contestation turning violent or fueling intra-State conflicts, as well as in acts of terrorism and violent extremism, which expose systemic governance deficits associated with weak or absent State institutions”. UNIFEED

Cooperation between the United Nations and regional and subregional organizations in maintaining international peace and security.

Noon briefing by Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

Briefing by Paulina Kubiak, Spokesperson for the President of the 77th Session of the General Assembly.

Gabon, Ghana and Mozambique on the financing of African Union Peace Support Operations.

Report of the Secretary-General on implementation of Security Council resolutions 2320 (2016) and 2378 (2017) and considerations related to the financing of African Union peace support operations mandated by the Security Council (S/2023/303) 

Noon briefing by Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

The top UN political affairs official Rosemary DiCarlo urged the Security Council to offer more support for African Union (AU) peace operations, saying that “those missions demonstrated significant political will and commitment, but they also faced some recurrent problems.” UNIFEED