PSC/AHG/COMM/2(DXLVII) Page 1 COMMUNIQUÉ The Peace and Security Council of the African Union (AU), at its 547th meeting held on 26 September 2015, adopted the following decision on the partnership between the AU and the United Nations (UN), in particular with regard to the funding of AU-led peace support operations undertaken with the consent of the UN Security Council: Council, 1. Takes note of the Report of the Chairperson of the Commission on Follow-up Steps on the Common African Position on the Review of UN Peace Operations [PSC/AHG/3.(DXLVII)]; 2. Reaffirms earlier AU’s pronouncements on the partnership between the AU and the UN in the area of peace and security, including: (i) Decision Assembly/AU/Dec.145(VIII) adopted by the 8th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the Union, held in Addis Ababa from 29 to 30 January 2007, in which the Assembly, having recalled the primary responsibility of the UN Security Council in the maintenance of international peace and security, called upon the UN to examine, within the context of Chapter VIII of the Charter, the possibility of funding, through assessed contributions, peacekeeping operations undertaken by the AU, or under its authority, with the consent of the UN; (ii) Communiqué PSC/PR/Comm.(CLXXVIII) and Press Statement th th PSC/PR/BR.2(CCVII) adopted at its 178 and 206 meetings held on 13 March 2009 and 15 October 2009, respectively, in which Council, among others: (a) welcomed the report of the AU-UN Panel established under Security Council resolution 1809(2008) to consider the modalities for support to AU peacekeeping operations (Prodi Panel), (b) stressed that regional arrangements, in particular the AU, have an important role to play in the prevention, management and resolution of conflicts, in accordance with Chapter VIII of the UN Charter, and (c) emphasized that support by the UN to regional organizations in matters relating to the maintenance of international peace and security is an integral part of collective security as provided for in the UN Charter; (iii) Communiqués PSC/PR/Comm.(CCCVII) and PSC/AHG/Comm/1.(CCCXCVII) adopted at its 307th and 397th meetings, held on 9 January 2012 and 23 September 2013, respectively, in which Council: (a) stressed the need to develop a stronger partnership between the AU and the UN in the area of peace and security, based on an innovative, strategic and forward-looking reading of Chapter VIII of the UN Charter, in order to more effectively promote peace, security and stability in Africa, (b) reiterated its call to the UN Security Council to address in a systematic manner the issue of the predictability and