As head of the UN Office to the African Union (UNOAU), Ms. Tetteh spoke with Africa Renewal’s Kingsley Ighobor on, among other issues, the current state of the UN-AU partnership and how women and young people can help resolve conflict.
There are currently three partnerships between the UN and the AU: There's the Partnership on Africa's Integration and Development Agenda (PAIDA), one on Peace and Security, and another on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the African Union's Agenda 2063.
But its development agency [African Union Development Agency (AUDA-NEPAD)] and other pan-African institutions such as the African Development Bank and, on the UN side, the Economic Commission for Africa, can help countries develop policy responses.
Creating lasting peace and security in countries or communities in conflict involves negotiating a peace agreement and a process of reconciliation--that involves men and women.
The UN has supported the AU's project of developing a cohort of female mediators--FemWise Africa--for deployment in countries to ensure more women and young people are brought into the processes of mediation and peacebuilding.
