Directorate: Conflict Management
Divisions and programmes:
1.     Mediation and Dialogue
2.     Peace Support Operations
3.     Peace and Security Council Secretariat
4.     Early Warning and governance monitoring
5.     Women, Peace and Security
-        Youth
-       Child protection
6. Silencing the guns
7. Partnerships

The Defense and Security Division (DSD) is part of the Peace and Security Department within the African Union Commission.

The DSD is responsible for addressing long term cross–cutting security issues and developing strategies for the Common African Defense and Security Policy (CADSP) and the Post Conflict Reconstruction and Development Policy (PCRD) including in the areas of:

• - Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW)
• - Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) Non- Proliferation
• - Counter- Terrorism (CT)
• - Landmines/ Mine Action
• - Security Sector Reform (SSR)
• - Disarmament Demobilization and Reintegration (DDR)

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The Division supports and coordinates activities relating to the management and resolution of conflicts in Africa, as well as post-conflict, peace-building reconstruction and development. The Division also supervises and coordinates the work of the AU Liaison Offices wherever they are established on the continent.

CMPCRD Working Documents

Guidelines Note for the Implementation of the African Union Post-Conflict Reconstruction and Development Policy

POLICY BRIEF: African Union’s Quick Impact Project Implementation - Lessons Learned from Somalia

Result-Based Framework for PCRD Activities

Recent News

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