UN Secretary-General António Guterres and African Union (AU) Commission Chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat emphasized the urgent need to address the debt problems of African countries during a meeting in New York on September 21, according to a statement released by the AU.
The parties also discussed shared strategic priorities, including the reform of the UN Security Council, peacekeeping efforts in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Sudan, funding for AU-led peacekeeping operations, climate change financing, food security, and reforms to the global trading system.
"Both leaders reaffirmed their determination to work together to achieve these priorities. They stressed... the necessity for an urgent solution to Africa's unsustainable debt burden... The Chairperson reiterated Africa's disproportionate vulnerability to climate shocks... and called for increased funding for climate adaptation measures... as well as for a more fair and inclusive global trade order," the release stated.
A separate trilateral AU-UN-European Union (EU) meeting also took place in New York, where Mahamat met with the UN Secretary-General, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, and European Council President António Costa. The discussions focused on methods for resolving conflicts in Sudan, the Sahel, Libya, the DRC, and Somalia.
The AU, UN, and EU committed to deepening their trilateral partnership in line with the AU's long-term strategic framework, "Agenda 2063," and the UN's 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The parties noted that preparations are ongoing for the upcoming AU-EU summit scheduled for November in Angola.
In August, the UN General Assembly adopted a resolution on UN-AU cooperation, underscoring that strengthening this partnership would advance the principles of the UN Charter and the AU's Constitutive Act.
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