24/09/2025
Today (24 Sept), the AU will convene its 1303rd session in New York, on the margins of , at summit level. Our analysis highlights the pressing need for the AU to rebuild its agency through credible peacemaking processes & the restoration of the primacy of diplomacy.
It recommends the following
✔️restore diplomacy as the primary tool of conflict prevention & resolution
✔️AU and its PSC should provide technically sound and diplomatically robust strategic guidance and oversight to peacemaking initiatives,
✔️Member States & RECs/RMs should reaffirm their commitment to AU instruments & work collectively & collaboratively.
✔️AU Commission a)to strengthen trust with Member States as the basis for successful peace & security diplomacy, provide technical leadership through providing principled technical inputs & defending AU norms & b)to give greater attention to the enhanced use of the diplomatic tools of persuasion, consensus building and mobilisation of support. ✔️Make conflict prevention the centre of gravity in AU's peace & security work including by strengthening the credibility of early warning, enhancing the profile, standing, and working methods of the Panel of the Wise, and increasing the use of non-intrusive and discrete preventive diplomacy.
✔️a more effective and conflict-sensitive working arrangement is needed—one that leverages and prioritises coordination between the AU and the concerned RECs/RMs and incentivises co-leadership and joint action rather than the tension-inducing principle of subsidiarity.
✔️consistent application of AU norms and even-handed response to conflicts and crises.
✔️strong collaboration and coordination with regional and international actors in resolving conflicts on the continent.
Find more on the session and our analysis on the link here 👇🏾& the policy brief attached to it https://amaniafrica-et.org/re-energising-conflict-prevention-and-resolution-in-africa/
