‘Triangular’ Relationships Between the United Nations and African Regional and Sub-Regional Organizations in Maintaining Peace
Over the past few years, the relationships between the United Nations (‘UN’), regional and sub-regional organizations in maintaining peace and security in Africa have evolved. The African Union (‘AU’) began coordinating enforcement actions conduct- ed by African sub-regional organizations with the authorisation of the UN Security Council (‘UNSC’), which maintained its political control over them. The UN Charter and relevant legal regimes of those organizations seem to allow this kind of relation- ship.