South Sudan: Announcement of a joint AU-UN trip – South Sudan, Chad and Niger

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – The African Union and the United Nations, with the support of the Chairman of the African Union Commission, HE Moussa Faki Mahamat, and with the participation AU Special Envoy for Women, Peace and Security, HE Bineta Diop, UN Under-Secretary-General, HE Amina J. Mohammed, and UN Women Executive Director HE Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, who will travel to South Sudan, Chad and Niger, from July 3, during a joint AU and UN visit with the Swedish Minister of Foreign Affairs, HE Mrs Margot Wallström

Their visit will focus on women's participation and leadership in peace, security and development in the three countries, with emphasis on on climate security and the Sahel. AU's Special Envoy for Women, Peace and Security and the UN Under-Secretary-General will have bilateral meetings with the authorities in Juba. They will visit a site for the protection of civilians, a hospital that deals with victims of gender-based violence and community resilience programs, and hold meetings with women leaders, including members of the African Women Leaders Network (AWLN). , civil society groups, among others.

In Chad on July 5 and 6, the AU Special Envoy and UN Deputy Secretary General will hold bilateral meetings with the authorities of N'Djamena. They will visit a project site to meet communities that adapt to climate change and meet with religious groups, youth and women.

In Niger on 7 and 8 July, the joint UN and AU delegation will meet the authorities of Niamey. . They will also meet leaders of women's groups, AWLN members and visit a women's health center.
Her Excellency Margot Wallström will join the joint UN-AU delegation in Chad and Niger

also be accompanied on the various stages of the trip by senior officials of the AU and the UN , including Ambbadador Prof. Joram Mukama Biswaro, Special Representative of the President of the AU in South Sudan; HE. Ms. Zaina Nyiramatama, Head of the Liaison Office of the AU in Chad; Executive

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Director of UN Women, Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka ; the Executive Director of the United Nations Population Fund, Natalia Kanem; the Secretary-General's Special Adviser on Africa, Bience Gawanas. Members of the African Women Leaders Network based in South Sudan, Chad and Niger will also participate in the joint mission, to make women's voices heard for transformative change, adopted by the call for the action of the Network. The AU Special Envoy for Women, Peace and Security and the Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations visit the three countries after their participation in the 31st AU Summit, which is held in Nouakchott, Mauritania, on 1 and 2 July. It is their second effort to lead a joint UN-AU delegation to Africa for peace, security and sustainable development. Last year, the joint delegation visited Nigeria and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
The AU Special Envoy and the Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations are expected in New York on 9 July. On July 10, they will brief the Security Council on the theme of women, peace and security in the Sahel. The Council's debate will be chaired by HE Mrs Wallström, with Sweden baduming the rotating presidency of the Council in July. The Peace and Security Council of the AU will also be informed,

For any investigation:

Dr. Jean-Bosco BUTERA,

Special Adviser and Chief of Staff, Office of the Special Envoy for Women, Peace and Security, Commission of the African Union

[email protected] [19659017] Ms. Verlaine-Diane SOOBROYDOO

Political Adviser for Women, Peace and Security at the Permanent Observer Mission of the African Union to the United Nations

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