Support to African peace support operations

Since its establishment, many of the peace support operations (PSOs) established by the African Union have received support—whether financial, logistical or both—from the United Nations. The Security Council can authorize regional arrangements such as the African Union to take action to deal with matters relating to the maintenance of international peace and security under Chapter VIII of the United Nations Charter, though it has also—as in the case of AMISOM—authorized African Union PSOs to take action under Chapter VII.

African Union peace support operations
African Union PSOs are mandated by the African Union Peace and Security Council (AUPSC), and responsibility for resource mobilization, accountability, oversight and management rests with the African Union Commission. All African Union PSOs, past and present, are listed below. Current missions are denoted in bold.

In addition, a number of missions have been authorized by the AUPSC but are not managed by the African Union Commission.

Key documents

 * Report of the AU-UN panel on modalities for support to AU peacekeeping operations (Prodi Report) (A/63/666–S/2008/813)
 * SG report on support to AU peacekeeping operations authorized by the UN (A/64/359–S/2009/470)
 * Report of the joint AU-UN review of available mechanisms (A/71/410–S/2016/809)
 * SG report on options for authorization and support for AU peace support operations (S/2017/454)

Relevant Security Council decisions
The Security Council has taken a number of decisions regarding United Nations support to African Union PSOs, including the following: