Source: United Nations secretary general
New York
22 September 2024
Note to Correspondents: Fifth Trilateral Meeting of the African Union, the European Union and the United Nations – Joint Communiqué
- The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat; the President of the European Council, Charles Michel; the European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Vice-President of the European Commission, Josep Borrell; the European Commissioner for International Partnerships, Jutta Urpilainen, representing the President of the European Commission; and the Secretary-General of the United Nations, António Guterres, met on 22 September 2024 at the United Nations Headquarters in New York on the margins of the 79th Session of the United Nations General Assembly, along with senior officials from the three organizations.
- The three organizations reaffirmed their commitment to promoting effective multilateralism, and looked forward to the Summit of the Future on the theme ‘multilateral solutions for a better tomorrow’ scheduled on 22 and 23 September in New York. They discussed peace, development and humanitarian efforts in the Sahel, the Horn of Africa, and the Great Lakes region, with a particular focus on how to scale up humanitarian and development support in fragile contexts, including in Sudan where over 25 million people are facing acute hunger. They also exchanged views on migration, including in the context of the African Union-European Union-United Nations Tripartite Task Force on the Situation of Migrants and Refugees in Libya. They further commended the adoption by the Security Council of resolution 2719 (2023) on predictable financing of African Union-led peace support operations, and expressed their commitment to working together towards its operationalization. Moreover, they discussed actions needed to support countries facing the double vulnerability of climate change and conflict to build the required resilience and effectively respond to climate-related security threats.
- The three organizations underscored the importance of strengthening partnerships between Africa and Europe for mutual benefit, and stressed the need to further promote peace and security and accelerate the implementation of the AU Agenda 2063 and the UN Sustainable Development Goals 2030, towards stable, peaceful and prosperous Africa. Lastly, the three organizations paid tribute to the leaders of the African Union Commission and the European Union whose tenure will soon come to an end for their leadership and stewardship of the strong cooperation among the three organizations.
- The three organizations agreed to reconvene in 2025.