{"id":21082,"date":"2025-05-08T21:54:17","date_gmt":"2025-05-08T18:54:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amaniafrica-et.org\/?p=21082"},"modified":"2026-01-29T14:39:29","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T11:39:29","slug":"the-future-of-united-nations-african-union-peacekeeping-partnership-practical-considerations-for-the-berlin-ministerial-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amaniafrica-et.org\/the-future-of-united-nations-african-union-peacekeeping-partnership-practical-considerations-for-the-berlin-ministerial-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"The Future of United Nations &#8211; African Union Peacekeeping Partnership: Practical Considerations for the Berlin Ministerial Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"pdfprnt-buttons pdfprnt-buttons-post pdfprnt-top-right\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amaniafrica-et.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21082?print=print\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-print\" target=\"_blank\" ><span class=\"pdfprnt-button-title pdfprnt-button-print-title\">Print<\/span><\/a><\/div><p>[vc_row unlock_row_content=&#8221;yes&#8221; row_height_percent=&#8221;0&#8243; override_padding=&#8221;yes&#8221; h_padding=&#8221;1&#8243; top_padding=&#8221;3&#8243; bottom_padding=&#8221;3&#8243; overlay_alpha=&#8221;50&#8243; equal_height=&#8221;yes&#8221; gutter_size=&#8221;2&#8243; column_width_percent=&#8221;100&#8243; shift_y=&#8221;0&#8243; z_index=&#8221;0&#8243; uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;581919&#8243;][vc_column column_width_use_pixel=&#8221;yes&#8221; gutter_size=&#8221;3&#8243; font_family=&#8221;font-555555&#8243; overlay_alpha=&#8221;50&#8243; shift_x=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_y=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_y_down=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_y_down_fixed=&#8221;yes&#8221; z_index=&#8221;0&#8243; medium_width=&#8221;0&#8243; mobile_width=&#8221;0&#8243; column_width_pixel=&#8221;1000&#8243;][vc_empty_space empty_h=&#8221;1&#8243;][vc_custom_heading text_color=&#8221;color-165108&#8243; heading_semantic=&#8221;h1&#8243; text_font=&#8221;font-555555&#8243; text_size=&#8221;fontsize-189933&#8243; text_weight=&#8221;600&#8243; text_height=&#8221;fontheight-131383&#8243; text_space=&#8221;fontspace-160099&#8243; uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;195314&#8243; text_color_type=&#8221;uncode-palette&#8221;]The Future of United Nations &#8211; African Union Peacekeeping Partnership: Practical Considerations for the Berlin Ministerial Conference[\/vc_custom_heading][vc_custom_heading text_color=&#8221;accent&#8221; text_font=&#8221;font-555555&#8243; text_size=&#8221;fontsize-182326&#8243; text_weight=&#8221;600&#8243; text_height=&#8221;fontheight-131383&#8243; text_space=&#8221;fontspace-160099&#8243; uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;614529&#8243; text_color_type=&#8221;uncode-palette&#8221;]Date | 8 May 2025[\/vc_custom_heading][vc_custom_heading text_color=&#8221;color-165108&#8243; text_font=&#8221;font-555555&#8243; text_size=&#8221;h4&#8243; text_weight=&#8221;600&#8243; text_height=&#8221;fontheight-131383&#8243; text_space=&#8221;fontspace-160099&#8243; uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;194969&#8243; text_color_type=&#8221;uncode-palette&#8221;]INTRODUCTION[\/vc_custom_heading][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;107390&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This report outlines what could constitute Africa\u2019s key messages to the Berlin Ministerial Conference, informed by the continent\u2019s extensive experience with peacekeeping operations and the imperative to harness the complementarity between UN and African Union (AU) efforts, while also situating the debate on the future of peacekeeping within the broader context of an evolving multilateral system. It then proceeds to highlight specific steps for enhancing the UN-AU partnership, drawing directly from the conclusions of the study on the future of peacekeeping. In its concluding section, the report underscores the relevance of peacekeeping to today\u2019s peace and security challenges while continuing to adapt to remain fit for purpose, as well as its significance as an essential component of the very multilateral architecture that, in spite of its shortcomings, nonetheless offers Africa its most effective platform for advancing its agenda and interests on the global stage.<\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_button button_color=&#8221;color-165108&#8243; radius=&#8221;btn-square&#8221; hover_fx=&#8221;outlined&#8221; outline=&#8221;yes&#8221; border_width=&#8221;0&#8243; css_animation=&#8221;alpha-anim&#8221; animation_delay=&#8221;200&#8243; link=&#8221;url:https%3A%2F%2Famaniafrica-et.org%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2FThe-Future-of-United-Nations-African-Union-Peacekeeping-Partnership-Practical-Considerations-for-the-Berlin-Ministerial-Conference.pdf|target:_blank&#8221; button_color_type=&#8221;uncode-palette&#8221; uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;115535&#8243;]Read Full Document[\/vc_button][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>8 May 2025<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[168,537,581],"class_list":["post-21082","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-special-reports","tag-special-report","tag-537","tag-multipolar"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The Future of United Nations - African Union Peacekeeping Partnership: Practical Considerations for the Berlin Ministerial Conference - Amani Africa<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/amaniafrica-et.org\/the-future-of-united-nations-african-union-peacekeeping-partnership-practical-considerations-for-the-berlin-ministerial-conference\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Future of United Nations - African Union Peacekeeping Partnership: Practical Considerations for the Berlin Ministerial Conference\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"8 May 2025\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/amaniafrica-et.org\/the-future-of-united-nations-african-union-peacekeeping-partnership-practical-considerations-for-the-berlin-ministerial-conference\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Amani Africa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-05-08T18:54:17+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-01-29T11:39:29+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/amaniafrica-et.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/One-of-Our-Most-Read-Special-Research-Reports.jpg.jpeg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"630\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Amani Africa\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"The Future of United Nations - African Union Peacekeeping Partnership: Practical Considerations for the Berlin Ministerial Conference\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/amaniafrica-et.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/One-of-Our-Most-Read-Special-Research-Reports.jpg.jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Amani Africa\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/amaniafrica-et.org\/the-future-of-united-nations-african-union-peacekeeping-partnership-practical-considerations-for-the-berlin-ministerial-conference\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/amaniafrica-et.org\/the-future-of-united-nations-african-union-peacekeeping-partnership-practical-considerations-for-the-berlin-ministerial-conference\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Amani Africa\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/amaniafrica-et.org\/#\/schema\/person\/fbb3b4853ff9f64c9965ec59aeefd083\"},\"headline\":\"The Future of United Nations &#8211; 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