New York, 26 September - The United Nations-African Union Joint Task Force on Peace and Security held its Twenty-Seventh consultative meeting on 26 September 2026, in New York.
The meeting reviewed the status of the partnership between the United Nations (UN) and the African Union (AU) including the implementation of the Joint UN-AU Framework for Enhanced Partnership in Peace and Security. In this context, the meeting discussed peace and security developments in the Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the Horn of Africa, and progress in the implementation of United Nations Security Council Resolution 2719 adopted on 21 December 2023.
The AU Commission and the UN Secretariat were represented respectively by Ambassador Bankole Adeoye (Commissioner for Political Affairs, Peace and Security) and the Under-Secretaries-General Rosemary DiCarlo (Political and Peacebuilding Affairs), Jean-Pierre Lacroix (Peace Operations), Atul Khare (Operational Support), as well as Parfait Onanga-Anyanga (Special Representative of the Secretary-General to the African Union) and Martin Kimani (Assistant Secretary-General for Africa for Political Affairs, Peacebuilding and Peace Operations). The meeting was also attended by other senior officials from the two organizations.
