The UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon Joanna Wronecka explored this week with representatives of different civil society groups ways to foster civic engagement for the benefit of Lebanon’s future. In a meeting with the board…
The Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Sudan and Head of the UN Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in Sudan (UNITAMS), Mr. Volker Perthes, was today’s guest at the United Nations Information Service…
The members of the Security Council were briefed on 26 April 2023 by the Director General of the United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC), Ghada Fathi Waly, and the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and…
From 9 to 12 May, UNOAU participated in the 15th Ordinary Meeting of the Specialized Technical Committees on Defence, Safety and Security (STCDSS). The 15th Ordinary Meeting of the STCDSS was preceded by the Meeting of…
The Trilateral Mechanism of the United Nations, the African Union and IGAD welcomes the signing of a Declaration of Commitment to Protect the Civilians of Sudan by the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces today…
The AUPSC took note of the extension of the transition period in Chad for 24 months and in this regard, rejected any further extension of the transition. The Council also called upon the Transition Authorities to provide a…
On 10 May, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General to the AU (SRSG) and Head of UNOAU, Parfait Onanga-Ayanga met with the Ambassador of Brazil and Permanent Representative to the AU, Jandyr Ferreira Do Santos, to…
On 10 May, Special Representative of the Secretary-General to the AU and Head of UNOAU, Parfait Onanga-Ayanga paid a courtesy call on the Ambassador of Zimbabwe to Ethiopia and Permanent Representative to the AU, Sophia…
On 10 May, UNOAU and Amani Africa convened a Policy Dialogue 'Towards a Renewed AU-UN Partnership: Financing of African Union-led Peace Support Operations’. Opening remarks were delivered by the Program Director of Amani…
Recalling the proclamation in 1993 by the United Nations General Assembly that established 03 May as World Press Freedom Day, the Deputy Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary General for West Africa and the…
I am deeply alarmed by developments in Gaza after Israel launched a military operation this morning targeting members of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad movement (PIJ). The Israeli airstrikes inside Gaza resulted in the killing…