News from our Missions
The Council expressed deep concern over reported funding gaps, which have had an effect on the drawdown of forces from Somalia on 30 June 2023 and 31 December 2024 respectively; strongly stresses the need to strengthening the…
Distinguished Chairperson, Excellencies, Members of the AUPSC, Distinguished Guests, Thank you for the opportunity to brief the AU PSC to commemorate one year of the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia. I would like…
From 24 to 28 April, UNOAU, in collaboration with OHCHR supported the AU in the design and delivery of Training in Compliance and Accountability for the Multinational Joint Task Force fighting Boko Haram (MNJTF). The…
On 28 April, the AUPSC convened its 1151st session to address ‘One Year of ATMIS: Progress, Challenges, Funding’. The Permanent Representative of the Republic of Tunisia to the AU and Chairperson of the AUPSC for the month of…
ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan On 4 April, the UNRCCA Preventive Diplomacy Academy (PDA) held an online session on the topic "The role of youth in preventing violent extremism that leads to terrorism" together with the United Nations…
On 27 April, the Permanent Representative of Russia to the UN and President of the UN Security Council (UNSC) for the month of April, Vasily Nebenzya, and the Ambassador of Tunisia to Ethiopia and the AU and Chair of the…
Mr. President, Distinguished members of the Security Council, 1.I would like to thank you for this opportunity to address the Council for the first time since I took office this month as Special Representative of the…
The Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Sudan and Head of the United Nations Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in Sudan (UNITAMS), Mr. Volker Perthes, welcomes the 72-hour ceasefire between the Sudanese…
Thank you, Madam President and thank you Secretary-General. I am grateful for your words and for your support to us on the ground here. Before I begin with my factual briefing, let me take this opportunity to pay tribute to…
From 24 to 26 April, the Military Strategic Support Group (MSSG), under the authority of the AUPSC Specialized Technical Committee on Defence Safety and Security (STCDSS), convened its 4th Meeting in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to…
On 26 April, the SRSG to the AU and Head of UNOAU paid a courtesy call on the Ambassador of the Union of Comoros to Ethiopia and Permanent Representative to the AU, Youssouf Mandoha Assoumani, who is also the Chair of the AU…
Mister President, Your Excellency Foreign Minister Lavrov, Foreign Minister Malki, Minister of State Shaheen al Marar, Excellencies, Members of the Security Council, Days ago, Muslims around the world celebrated Eid al-Fitr…