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African Women Mediators and Election Observers: Building Peace, Securing Women
Peace and Security Department (Office of the Special Envoy on Women, Peace and Security of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC), Addis Ababa, 2017-06)This booklet on “African Women Mediators and Election Observers” is published by the OSE with the aim to facilitate access to a pool of African women with the knowledge, skills and readiness to engage in mediation and ... -
Delimitation and Demarcation of Boundaries in Africa: General Issues and Case Studies
Peace and Security Department (African Union Border Programme (AUBP), Peace and Security Department, 2014-08)The delimitation and demarcation initiative meets three imperative needs: The first is geopolitical, concerning the peace, security and stability that derive from conflict prevention. The Programme does not aim for a new ... -
Delimitation and Demarcation of Boundaries in Africa: The User’s Guide
Peace and Security Department (African Union Border Programme (AUBP), Peace and Security Department, 2014-08)Almost all of today’s political map of Africa was drawn in the 19th and early 20th centuries at negotiation tables in various European capitals. As is well known, this endeavour proved only partially successful: even though ... -
Gender Bite One: Introducing the AU PSD Gender Bites and the GPSP Gender Taskforce
Peace and Security Department; AU Gender Peace and Security Programme (Peace and Security Department, 2019-05)As part of its efforts to share knowledge with PSD staff on Gender, Peace and Security, GPSP is launching an e-learning initiative aimed at providing an introduction to the policy framework on the Women, Peace and Security ... -
Gender Bite Two: Gender Concepts - Part I: Sex and Gender
Peace and Security Department; AU Gender Peace and Security Programme (Peace and Security Department, 2019-06)This is an e-learning initiative by the AU Gender, Peace and Security Programme, (GPSP) aimed at providing policy framework on the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda, the concepts of gender and its practical ... -
Handbook for Reporters on Women, Peace and Security: Practicing Gender-Responsive Reporting in Conflict Affected Countries in Africa
Peace and Security Department; African Union Commission; UN Women (African Union CommissionUN Women, 2017)The handbook aims to promote gender responsive reporting that accurately portrays women’s lives in conflict and post-conflict contexts—highlighting the whole range of their roles and strengths as well as the impact of ... -
Inauguration of a Memorial Wall in Honour of the African Union (AU) Heroes and Heroines
Peace and Security Department; Amb. Smail Chergui (African Union Commission, 2019-05-25)Press Release: Addis Ababa, 25 May 2019: At the Mwalimu Julius Nyerere Peace and Security Building in the AU headquarters, a memorial wall was officially inaugurated in honour of the heroes and heroines of the African Union ... -
Incremental Steps towards the International Small Arms Control Standards
Peace and Security Department (African Union Commission, 2019-06)Poor weapons storage will not result in a catastrophic event such as an explosion if ammunition is not present. It may, however, increase the risk that weapons are stolen and used illegally. International best practice for ... -
Joint Assessment Mission on the Implementation of the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention in Zimbabwe
Peace and Security Department; Defense and Security Department, PSD; United Nations Office to the AU (UNOAU) (Peace and Security Department, 2019-07-11)Press Release: Harare, 11 July 2019: The Commission of the African Union (AU), in collaboration with the United Nations Office to the AU (UNOAU), concluded an assessment of the implementation of the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban ... -
Launch of the African Union and Small Arms Survey Study on Illicit Small Arms Flows in Africa / Weapons Compass: Mapping Illicit Small Arms Flows in Africa
Peace and Security Department; Defense and Security Department, PSD; Small Arms Survey (Peace and Security Department, 2019-07-19)Press Release: Addis Ababa, 19 July 2019: The joint African Union (AU) and Small Arms Survey study on illicit small arms flows in Africa was officially launched at an event held today at the AU Headquarters in Addis Ababa. ... -
Launch of the AU Physical Security and Stockpile Management Project Database for the Sahel Region
Peace and Security Department; German Federal Foreign Office; Bonn International Centre for Conversion (BICC) (Peace and Security Department, 2019-04-24)Press Release: Addis Ababa, 24 April 2019: The purpose of the database is to create visibility on ongoing and completed interventions in the field of small arms and light weapons (SALW) control, to improve and synchronize ... -
A Mechanism to Curb Forced Displacement in Africa, Midrand, South Africa
Peace and Security Department; Chergui, Smail Amb. (African Union Commission, 2019-03-05)Speech: Midrand, 5 March 2019: Statement by H.E Ambassador Smail Chergui, Commissioner for Peace and Security On conflict prevention: A mechanism to curb forced displacement in Africa Pan-African Parliament, Midrand, South ... -
Open Debate on Silencing the Guns in Africa, New York, United States, 27 February 2019
Peace and Security Department; High Representative for Silencing the Guns; Lamamra, Ramtane (Peace and Security Department, 2019-02-27)Speech: New York, 27 February 2019: Briefing by H.E Mr. Ramtane Lamamra, African Union High Representative for Silencing the Guns in Africa by 2020 at UN Security Council Open Debate on Silencing the Guns in Africa -
Peace Mediator
Peace and Security Department; Crisis Management Initiative (CMI); African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes (ACCORD) (Peace and Security Department, 2016-09)The African Union’s (AU) Peace and Security Department (PSD), the Crisis Management Initiative (CMI), and the African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes (ACCORD) have been implementing a joint project titled ... -
Results-Based Framework for PCRD Activities
Peace and Security Department (Crisis Management and Post Conflict Reconstruction Division (CMPCRD), Peace and Security Department, 2018-02-13)The Results-Based Framework (RBF) is a tool for the planning, design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of Post-Conflict Reconstruction and Development (PCRD) activities of the African Union (AU). Developed by the ...