In accordance with its mandate and core functions, the Office of the Special Adviser on Africa (OSAA) initiates and coordinates the critical work of the United Nations on the interrelated issues of peace, security and development in Africa.
The thrust of the work of OSAA in this area reflects the three pillars of the work of the United Nations, which underscore that:
- there is 'no peace without development,'
- there is 'no development without peace,' and
- there is 'no peace and development without human rights.
OSAA operationalises its work on this nexus between peace, development and human rights through the following activities: