US urges UN-Africa coordination to address conflicts, insecurity

The United States believes coordination and concern betwixt the United Nations and the African Union tin assistance execute peace, security, and prosperity successful Africa.

Ambassador Jeffrey Bartos, US Representative for UN Management and Reform, presented Washington’s presumption connected Tuesday astatine a UN Security Council gathering connected UN and AU cooperation.

The envoy said ongoing bid operations successful immoderate of the astir fragile parts of Africa request that doctrines, policies, and directives are of synergistic interaction.

Commending the governmental dialog connected Sudan by the UN, AU, EU, IGAD, and the Arab League, the US called for an contiguous extremity to the unit and a humanitarian truce.

“We proceed to see each ways to enactment these efforts, including done an enlargement of the Darfur arms embargo to screen each of Sudan,” Bartos announced.

On DR Congo, Washington encouraged the AU and the UN to further facilitate the US and Qatar-led bid processes to resoluteness the persistent conflict.

The US condemned the violent attacks successful Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger, maintaining that AU-UN confederation is captious to addressing “a multitude of challenges” successful West Africa and the Sahel.