Cooperation Between the United Nations and the African Union

A/RES/79/329View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A document of the General Assembly, under agenda item 125a Cooperation between the United Nations and the African Union, published in 2025.

What other versions does this mandate have?

7 versions · 2003–2025

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2025	A/RES/79/329	Cooperation between the United Nations and the African Union	4,349	16%Compare
2013	A/RES/67/302	Cooperation between the United Nations and the African Union	3,723	66%Compare
2011	A/RES/65/274	Cooperation between the United Nations and the African Union	3,782	53%Compare
2009	A/RES/63/310	Cooperation between the United Nations and the African Union	2,601	39%Compare
2007	A/RES/61/296	Cooperation between the United Nations and the African Union	2,199	46%Compare

Who cites this mandate in the budget?

4 entities

(Sub-)Programme	Title	Total mandates cited
Subprogramme 1	Prevention, management and resolution of conflicts	122
Programme 15	Economic and social development in africa	165
Programme 9	—	23
Programme 2	Political affairs	17

Historical expenditure covers the complete programme or subprogramme, not this mandate. For an overview of all UN entities and programmes, see UN entities and programmes.

Who cites this mandate in the budget?

4 entities

(Sub-)Programme	Title	Total mandates cited	Expenditure
Subprogramme 1	Prevention, management and resolution of conflicts	122	—
Programme 15	Economic and social development in africa	165	—
Programme 9	—	23	—
Programme 2	Political affairs	17	—

Historical expenditure covers the complete programme or subprogramme, not this mandate. For an overview of all UN entities and programmes, see UN entities and programmes.

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

1 report · 2004

Year	Symbol	Title		Mandate resolution
2004	A/59/591	Enhancement of African peacekeeping capacity report of the Secretary-General		A/RES/57/48

What subjects does this mandate have?

6 subjects

Africa Cooperation Between Organizations International Security Peacebuilding Peacekeeping Operations Sustainable Development

What’s in this document?

34 operative paragraphs

Acknowledges that the cooperation between the United Nations and the African Union is instrumental, among other things, in advancing the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations;

Emphasizes in this regard the need to pursue ongoing measures to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of cooperation between the United Nations and the African Union in addressing threats to peace and security, and obstacles to development, as well as promoting human rights in Africa, and recognizes the important role and support of the United Nations Office to the African Union in Addis Ababa, the Permanent Observer Mission of the African Union to the United Nations in New York and the African Union Partnership Unit at the United Nations in strengthening coordination and cooperation between the United Nations and the African Union;

Recognizes that Agenda 2063: The Africa We Want reflects the commitment to the pan-African vision of an integrated, prosperous and peaceful Africa, driven by its own citizens and representing a dynamic force in the international arena;

Peace and security

Reaffirms its determination to take effective steps to further enhance the levels of strategic and operational partnership between the United Nations and the African Union, especially in the area of peace and security, and welcomes in this regard the progress made by the African continent, the African Union and African subregional organizations in different phases of the peace continuum, including conflict resolution, conflict prevention, peacekeeping, peacebuilding and sustaining peace;

Recalls that the Security Council has the primary responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security, and requests the United Nations system to intensify its assistance to the African Union, as appropriate, and within existing resources, in strengthening the African peace and security architecture, including the institutional and operational capacity of its Peace and Security Council, and in coordinating with other international partners when needed;

Encourages the continuing efforts of the United Nations-African Union Joint Task Force on Peace and Security as an important framework for furthering the strategic partnership on peace and security between the Secretariat of the United Nations and the African Union Commission, and looks forward to the next meeting of the Task Force, to be held in 2026;

Stresses that the unanimous adoption of Security Council resolution 2719 (2023) marked a major milestone in the partnership between the African Union and the United Nations, and welcomes the progress made in this regard towards implementing the resolution, especially through the establishment of the joint African Union-United Nations Task Force and the adoption of the road map for the implementation of resolution 2719 (2023);

Recalls that the process for mandate authorization under Security Council resolution 2719 (2023) will encompass a number of items, including a draft concept of operations, developed by the African Union in collaboration with the United Nations and in consultation with the respective host country;

Underscores the importance of the implementation of resolution 2719 (2023), on a case-by-case basis as set out in that resolution, while maintaining an integrated approach in addressing conflict situations comprehensively, by ensuring that capacities, systems, procedures and processes, as well as joint accountability and institutional readiness and effectiveness, continue to be sufficiently prepared for the delivery and sustainment of African Union-led peace support operations to be authorized by the Security Council;

Reaffirms the importance of strengthening collaboration between the United Nations and the African Union, to ensure that peacekeeping and peace support operations, including peace enforcement, which are authorized by the Security Council are framed and guided by inclusive political strategy and other non‑military approaches, are deployed with clear, sequenced and prioritized mandates, realistic and achievable exit strategies and viable transition plans, and address the root causes of the conflict;

Stresses the importance of partnership between the United Nations and relevant regional and subregional organizations, including the African Union, to improve cooperation and coordination in peacebuilding, including through joint analysis and effective strategic planning, to increase synergies and ensure the coherence and complementarity of such efforts, and looks forward to the outcome of the 2025 peacebuilding architecture review co-facilitated by Egypt and Slovenia;

Urges all relevant stakeholders to ensure adequate, predictable and sustained financing for peacebuilding, including in Africa, and welcomes in this regard the decision in its resolution 78/257 to approve 50 million United States dollars of assessed contributions per annum, under grants and contributions, to fund the Peacebuilding Account, starting 1 January 2025, and encourages Member States to make and increase voluntary contributions to peacebuilding, including to the Peacebuilding Fund, to ensure sufficient resources to support peacebuilding, while noting that the provision of assessed contributions to financing for peacebuilding represents a shared commitment of Member States to peacebuilding and sustaining peace, and reaffirming the primary responsibility and ownership of national Governments and authorities in identifying, driving and directing priorities, strategies and activities for peacebuilding and sustaining peace;

Commends the ongoing cooperation between the Office for Disarmament Affairs of the Secretariat and the African Union Commission within the framework of the Office for Disarmament Affairs-African Union cooperation matrix, including support for Africa Amnesty Month and other arms control measures, and calls upon Member States, as appropriate, to intensify their support and cooperation with Africa in this regard to foster the ongoing efforts to achieve the goal of silencing the guns on the continent;

Urges international partners, including in the United Nations system, as well as international and regional financial institutions, to coordinate their peacebuilding-related efforts in Africa, with nationally led peacebuilding, and regionally and continentally supported efforts, including through the role of the African Union Commission and the African Union Centre for Post-Conflict Reconstruction and Development;

Welcomes the adoption of the revised African Union Policy on Post-Conflict Reconstruction and Development, aligned with the evolving international discourse on peacebuilding and sustaining peace and the actual needs of countries emerging from conflict in Africa, and calls upon the United Nations system and Member States to support, within existing resources, peace consolidation mechanisms and processes, including the African Peace and Security Architecture, the African Governance Architecture and the African Union Post-Conflict Reconstruction and Development Framework, in order to fully contribute to conflict prevention, peacemaking initiatives, peacebuilding and post-conflict reconstruction;

Also welcomes in this regard the establishment and operationalization of the African Union Centre for Post-Conflict Reconstruction and Development, headquartered in Cairo, and calls upon Member States and the relevant United Nations institutions and agencies, within existing resources, to lend their support to the African Union towards effectively operationalizing the Centre in order for it to successfully execute its mandate as the principal organ within the African Union responsible for post-conflict reconstruction and development activities in Africa, bearing in mind that strengthened consultation between the Centre and the Peacebuilding Support Office, in the Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs of the Secretariat, within the United Nations-African Union cooperation framework is essential for implementing the African Union-United Nations memorandum of understanding on peacebuilding;

Commends the cooperation between the Office of Counter-Terrorism, including through the Programme Office for Counter-Terrorism and Training in Africa, in Rabat, and the African Union Commission, including through the African Union Counter-Terrorism Centre, in Algiers, in supporting counter-terrorism efforts in Africa, and takes note of the ongoing collaboration in the United Nations-African Union technical working group on counter-terrorism and the prevention of violent extremism;

Requests the Secretary-General to ensure, at the earliest possible stage, integrated planning and a comprehensive and coordinated approach to the transition, drawdown and liquidation of United Nations peacekeeping operations in Africa, within existing resources and in close consultation with host countries and troop- and police-contributing countries, to preserve the gains made and support the transition to sustainable peace and development;

Appreciates initiatives aimed at advancing international peace and security, particularly in Africa, recognizes in this regard the significance of the United Nations Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela Prize, which acknowledges the humanity in the promotion of peace, reconciliation, social cohesion and community development, and acknowledges in this regard the third prize-award ceremony, held in July 2025;

Underlines the importance of promoting gender equality and the empowerment of women, including the implementation of Security Council resolution 1325 (2000) of 31 October 2000 in Africa, all subsequent Council resolutions on women and peace and security, and the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action,⁷ recognizes the role of the Special Envoy of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission on Women, Peace and Security in promoting the women and peace and security agenda on the continent, encourages the African Union to continue collaborating with the United Nations in advancing this agenda, and takes note in this regard of the signing of a memorandum of understanding between the African Women Leaders Network and the Office of the Special Adviser on Africa;

⁷Report of the Fourth World Conference on Women, Beijing, 4–15 September 1995 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.96.IV.13), chap. I, resolution 1, annexes I and II.

Reaffirms the important and positive contribution of youth in efforts for the maintenance and promotion of peace and security, and notes the need to consider ways to increase inclusive representation of youth in decision-making at all levels in local, national, regional and international institutions and mechanisms for the prevention and resolution of conflict in Africa, in accordance with Security Council resolution 2250 (2015) of 9 December 2015;

Acknowledges the need to pursue peace, security and sustainable development simultaneously, recognizes the role of Agenda 2063 and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in addressing the root causes of conflict in Africa, and in this regard calls upon United Nations entities to continue strengthening their cooperation with the African Union in the promotion of durable peace through sustainable development;

Development

Welcomes the recent adoption of the second 10-year implementation plan (2024–2033) of Agenda 2063, urges further efforts to support the implementation of the plan as a road map for Africa’s transformation, which outlines seven moonshots of how the continent aims to achieve key priorities, goals and targets in the next 10 years and identifies flagship projects that will have a high impact, recognizes the contribution of the African Union Development Agency-New Partnership for Africa’s Development, and looks forward to enhancing the efforts of development partners to strengthen cooperation with the Agency;

Reaffirms the importance of aligning international support with Africa’s own priorities, aimed at implementing the 2030 Agenda and Agenda 2063, and in this regard calls for the United Nations system to cooperate with the African Union on the domestication, implementation and monitoring of both Agendas;

Calls upon the United Nations system, Member States and bilateral and multilateral partners to deliver expeditiously on their commitments and to support the full and speedy implementation of the provisions of the political declaration on Africa’s development needs,⁸ the 2030 Agenda and Agenda 2063, recognizing the relevance of leveraging new transformative technologies to advance sustainable development on the continent and bridge the digital divide that is undermining the development efforts of African countries;

⁸Resolution 63/1.

Calls upon the United Nations development system, under the leadership of the resident coordinators, according to their mandate, to enhance its support for and coordination with African countries, and the African Union as appropriate, in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda and Agenda 2063, including by strengthening national capacities and aligning programming to national priorities;

Encourages continued support for measures to address the challenges of hunger, poverty eradication, decent job creation and sustainable development in Africa, including, as appropriate, domestic resource mobilization, debt relief, including through the reform of international financial institutions, improved market access, regional integration and intra-African trade, including through the African Continental Free Trade Area, support for the private sector and entrepreneurship, fulfilment of commitments on official development assistance and increased flows of foreign direct investment, and transfer of technology on mutually agreed terms;

Calls upon the United Nations to take appropriate measures to address the eradication of poverty in all its forms and dimensions, including extreme poverty, through its agencies, funds and programmes, in line with their mandates, noting the importance of addressing food security, building productive capacities and creating employment opportunities, as well as of the agricultural partnership to combat hunger, universal primary education initiatives, debt cancellation, enhanced official development assistance, increased inflows of foreign direct investment, and transfer of technology on mutually agreed terms;

Underscores the need to further consolidate the African Union-United Nations high-level strategic dialogue on sustainable development between the Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations and the Deputy Chairperson of the African Union Commission, to advance in the joint implementation of Agenda 2063 and the 2030 Agenda, with the support of the African Union-United Nations college-to-college forums, and requests the Secretary-General to submit a proposal, within existing resources, to ensure continued support for and follow-up of this strategic high-level coordination between the two organizations on sustainable development;

Underlines the importance of strengthened support from development partners and the multilateral system to build and strengthen resilience, State institutions and effective governance systems, particularly in conflict-affected and post-conflict countries, including through scaling up financial assistance, technical expertise and capacity-building;

Recognizes the important contribution of the African Peer Review Mechanism since its inception in improving governance and supporting socioeconomic development in African countries, invites the United Nations system and Member States to provide voluntary substantial financial and capacity-building support to enhance the Mechanism and to advance its activities, and recalls its request to develop an initiative with the Mechanism on the strengthening of e-governance in Africa through policy innovation and transformative technologies;

Welcomes the signature by the African Union and the United Nations of a memorandum of intent concerning cooperation in operational support and a memorandum of understanding concerning the implementation of the knowledge and expertise exchange programme, and calls upon United Nations entities, as appropriate, to continue deepening their collaboration with the African Union in capacity-building and the exchange of best practices in all areas;

Also welcomes the strong efforts and progress already made by the Secretary-General towards achieving equal and fair distribution in terms of the gender balance and recruitment of staff, including his stronger efforts towards achieving equitable geographical representation, when recruiting into the Secretariat, while securing the highest standards of efficiency, competence and integrity, in accordance with Article 101 of the Charter;

Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its eighty-first session on the implementation of the present resolution.

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What subjects does this mandate have?

What’s in this document?

Peace and security

Development

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