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Written by defenceWeb / UN Friday, July 20, 2018
A stronger partnership between the UN and the African Union is "not a choice but a necessity" to meet the complex challenges of peace and security in Africa, said a senior UN official. "The complex peace and security challenges we face in Africa are such that neither the UN nor the African Union can meet the challenges themselves," Sahle-Work Zewde, Special Representative of the United Nations AU and Head of the United Nations Office (UNOAU) As the Secretary-General noted during his briefing to the AU Peace and Security Council in Addis Ababa, the Union African is the most important strategic partner between the UN and a regional organization peace and security, development and human rights, Zewde said:
Organizations have given priority to the development of A systematic, predictable and strategic partnership based on mutual respect, shared values and comparative advantage in April of last year and the Joint Framework for the Implementation of the Agenda 2063 of Africa and the Program for Sustainable Development at the hor izon 2030.
The partnership is characterized by closer collaboration, more regular exchange of information and coordinated actions. Zewde informed the UN Security Council of the Secretary-General's report on strengthening the partnership between organizations on issues of peace and security in Africa, including the work of his office. 19659004] A key point of the report is that the UN and the AU recognize the interdependence.
They must also emphasize the role of subregional organizations, often the first to detect the warning signs of impending conflicts and important partners in promoting dialogue and reconciliation.
She stresses that even though UN-AU relations are stronger than ever
She stressed the importance of conflict resolution by reacting quickly and decisively to prevent conflict before it "gets off the ground". they do not worsen and Africans are no longer involved in this process.
In the report, the Secretary-General expressed his support for the need for predictable and sustainable financing of AU peace operations authorized by the Security Council – on a case-by-case basis – framed in the context of a mutually agreed political strategy, and informed by a joint badysis, "she added.
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