Publication:

Communiqué of the 1299th Meeting of the Peace and Security Council, held on 29 August 2025 on Briefing by the African Members of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) Plus (A3+).

At its 1299th meeting on 29 August 2025, the AU Peace and Security Council (PSC) heard a briefing from the African members of the UN Security Council (A3+) and reaffirmed their role in advancing African common positions. The PSC praised the A3+ for stronger cohesion and joint statements, their leadership as (co-)penholders on African files, and welcomed closer cooperation with CARICOM applauding Guyana and proposing that the “Plus” arrangement be institutionalized whenever a CARICOM state sits on the Council. It called for a tighter PSC-A3+ link, including clear guidance before and during UNSC deliberations, joint missions, an expert information-sharing platform, and for the A3+ to preserve and promote PSC decisions; PSC communiqués on UNSC items should be sent to the UN Secretary-General for circulation to the Council. The PSC urged full implementation of the Oran Process conclusions and the new coordination manual to keep A3+ positions aligned with PSC decisions. It established regular coordination-quarterly A3+ briefings to the PSC, monthly consultations with the PSC Troika, invitations to A3+ for relevant PSC sessions, and deeper expert-level work and encouraged UNSC resolutions to explicitly reference the A3+. The PSC also institutionalized an annual ambassador-level PSC A3+ consultative meeting, tasked the AU Observer Mission to the UN to synchronize monthly work programmes, called for monthly pre-mandate meetings between the PSC Chair and the UNSC Presidency, requested an A3+ chapter in the PSC Annual Report, noted the 12th Oran Seminar slated for December 2025 in Algiers, and decided to remain seized.