UN, AU, EU Leaders Push for Peace and African Development

Ethiomonitor -Addis Ababa 

September 22, 2025  

At a historic meeting at the UN Headquarters in New York, the leaders of the United Nations (UN), African Union (AU), and European Union (EU) came together on the sidelines of the General Assembly high-level week.
This sixth trilateral summit led to a shared communiqué stating that multilateralism is still the most viable way forward in addressing global issues. The leaders were concerned about the deepening disregard for international humanitarian law and human rights, reaffirming the need for the implementation of the UN Charter in the contemporary world.
The majority of the communiqué was taken up with the African crises, and the Sudanese war in particular, which is now in its third year.
The EU, AU, and UN called for united efforts to achieve an immediate cessation of hostilities and foster a sustainable resolution through genuine political dialogue. They pledged to enhance coordination in the Sahel, where conflict by armed groups continues to destabilize society, and reiterated their commitment to reconciliation and development initiatives.
On the Libyan issue, the leaders welcomed the UN roadmap for reviving the stalled political process and for addressing migration issues in accordance with humanitarian principles. They expressed solidarity with continued efforts towards peace in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) as reflected in recent decisions of the AU Peace and Security Council and the UN Security Council. On Somalia, they reconfirmed their support for the AU Support and Stabilization Mission, with an insistence on a stable source of funding to ensure effective working. In the future, UN, AU, and EU leaders committed further to strengthening trilateral relations in order to promote African-led solutions to peace and security challenges.
They emphasized the call of Africa’s Agenda 2063 and UN’s 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development as the prime guidelines, and also for the preparation of the upcoming AU-EU Summit this November in Angola.
Emphasizing the need for immediate financing, they called for full implementation of the Sevilla Commitment to unlock investments, ease debt burdens, and reform multilateral development banks. They also emphasized a need to address climate-related disruptions on vulnerable populations and called for bold commitments at COP30 in Brazil. As a gesture to the 25th anniversary of Security Council resolution 1325 on women, peace, and security, they restated their pledge to strengthening women’s leadership in peacebuilding efforts.