Wege zu einer effektiven Zusammenarbeit zwischen ECOWAS und AU bei von den Vereinten Nationen unterstützten Friedensmissionen

The document examines the challenges facing ECOWAS in its peacekeeping efforts, particularly the lack of formal integration with the AU and UN. It highlights how the ambiguous application of the AU's subsidiarity principle and the withdrawal of Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger have strained regional security. To address these issues and access UN-assessed funding under Resolution 2719, the paper recommends formalising the division of labour between ECOWAS and the AU and increasing ECOWAS's direct engagement in global peace operations planning.

• UN peacekeeping is facing a crisis of legitimacy and effectiveness due to its struggle to adapt to complex conflicts involving violent extremism and transnational crime, leading to public protests and calls for mission terminations in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Mali.
• UN Security Council Resolution 2719, adopted in 2023, provides a mechanism for AU-led peace operations to receive up to 75 percent of their costs from UN-assessed contributions, though a 25 percent funding gap remains.
• ECOWAS's operational effectiveness is currently undermined by internal divisions and the withdrawal of founding members Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger, who cited a failure by the bloc to support their fight against terrorism.
• The AU's subsidiarity principle, intended to let regional organisations lead crisis management, is often applied inconsistently, causing policy gridlock as seen in the divergent responses of ECOWAS and the AU to the 2023 coup in Niger.
• ECOWAS struggles to access UN-assessed funding because most of its missions lack formal endorsement from the AU's Peace and Security Council, creating an institutional gap in the UN structure.

APA

Karimou, I. (2025). Wege zu einer effektiven Zusammenarbeit zwischen ECOWAS und AU bei von den Vereinten Nationen unterstützten Friedensmissionen. Africa Policy Research Institute. https://afripoli.org/de/wege-zu-einer-effektiven-zusammenarbeit-zwischen-ecowas-und-au-bei-von-den-vereinten-nationen-unterstutzten-friedensmissionen-en

Chicago

Karimou, Imane. Wege zu einer effektiven Zusammenarbeit zwischen ECOWAS und AU bei von den Vereinten Nationen unterstützten Friedensmissionen. Africa Policy Research Institute, 2025. https://afripoli.org/de/wege-zu-einer-effektiven-zusammenarbeit-zwischen-ecowas-und-au-bei-von-den-vereinten-nationen-unterstutzten-friedensmissionen-en.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{karimou2025wege, author = {Karimou, Imane}, title = {{Wege zu einer effektiven Zusammenarbeit zwischen ECOWAS und AU bei von den Vereinten Nationen unterstützten Friedensmissionen}}, institution = {Africa Policy Research Institute}, year = {2025}, month = oct, url = {https://afripoli.org/de/wege-zu-einer-effektiven-zusammenarbeit-zwischen-ecowas-und-au-bei-von-den-vereinten-nationen-unterstutzten-friedensmissionen-en}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }