In partial commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the establishment of the African Union Peace and Security Council (PSC), and on the eve of the PSC’s biennial informal consultations with the UN Security Council, the Yale Jackson School of Global Affairs’ Blue Center for Global Strategic Assessment and the Peacebuilding Initiative joined with the AUPSC, AU Commission for Political Affairs, Peace and Security (AUCPAPS), and the AU Mission to the United Nations (UNAUM) for an in-depth discussion peace and security on the African continent.
The day-long conference, held October 16 in the Jackson School’s Horchow Hall, was organized by Jackson Senior Fellow Bisa Williams, a retired U.S. ambassador whose three decades of service included tours in Guinea, Panama, Mauritius, France, the US Mission to the UN (NY), Washington, DC, and Niger.
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