Parfit Onanga-Anyanga, the UN Secretary-Basic’s Particular Consultant to the African Union, pressured that “encouraging developments” have been fueling optimism.
“These embrace Africa’s resilient folks, resourceful ladies and youth, their determined assertion of democratic rule, the just lately awarded G20 membership and the newly adopted Future Conference,” he defined.
“Figuring out the Council’s particular curiosity in Africa, I’ve each purpose to imagine that we are going to all select hope over despairand unite round a purposeful, smarter partnership primarily based on a fairer international surroundings,” he added.
A dependable partnership
As a daily a part of the UN-AU cooperation agenda, the Particular Consultant briefed the Council and knowledgeable Council members of ongoing cooperation with the African Union (AU), together with by the AU Peace and Safety Council.
This collaboration contains month-to-month coordination conferences, joint briefings, casual discussions and retreats. This additionally contains working-level collaboration, which stays a key function of the partnership, permitting for joint evaluation and planning, he mentioned.
Mr Onanga-Anyanga additionally recommended the AU management, together with chairperson Moussa Faki Mohamed, who’s coming to the tip of his time period, for his or her dedication to the partnership.
“On this management workforce, the United Nations has benefited drastically from A dependable and like-minded associate in pursuit of frequent aspirations Set up an enduring strategic and institutional partnership between our two organizations,” he mentioned.
Government Council Decision 2719
Martha Poppy, Assistant Secretary-Basic for African Affairs of the United Nations Division of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs (DPPA), additionally briefed the Safety Council, stressing that the adoption of Decision 2719 was an essential milestone in cooperation between the United Nations and the African Union.
Decision 2719, adopted in December 2023, focuses on strengthening partnerships, together with enhanced help for AU-led peace operations and the attainable receipt of UN assessed contributions primarily based on established frameworks.
“It’s constructed on an everlasting relationship between the 2 organizations, making an allowance for every’s strengths and comparative benefits,” she mentioned.
Ms. Poppy additionally pressured that the help of the Safety Council, the overall membership of the United Nations and the African Union member states will stay essential within the coming days.
“The African Union Fee and the United Nations Secretariat stand able to translate Safety Council Decision 2719 into concrete actions It will contribute to lasting peace and stability in Africa and past,” she concluded.
