After nearly two decades of effort and intense negotiations, the United Nations Security Council unanimously adopted resolution 2719 on December 21, 2023. The resolution represents a major step forward in the partnership between the United Nations (UN) and African Union (AU), and provides a framework for AU-led peace support operations (PSOs) to access UN assessed contributions on a case-by-case basis. While the importance of the resolution should not be understated, much of the real work to operationalize it is still ongoing. This article outlines the key challenges and critical steps needed to ensure the resolution’s successful implementation.
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Increasingly, CSW negotiations have come to reflect the global debate on gender rights between gender rights activists advocating for progressive gender language and right-wing coalitions pushing for conservative, anti-gender language. Despite polarized views on gender, at this year’s CSW, member states were able to come to a consensus that resulted in some positive language for gender rights activists.
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En juillet 2017, la Conférence des chefs d’État et de gouvernement de l’Union africaine (UA) a établi le Réseau des médiatrices africaines, couramment appelé FemWise-Africa, afin de renforcer le rôle des femmes dans la prévention et la médiation des conflits. La place donnée au réseau FemWise-Africa dans l’Architecture africaine de paix et de sécurité (APSA), […]
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Zia Mian, Director of Princeton University’s Project on Peace and Security in South Asia, discusses
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The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Eritrea Osman Saleh during the Italia-Africa Conference at Farnesina in Rome in October. (ANSA via AP)
