On 4 April 2023, Dr. Mohamed Ibn Chambas, AU High Representative for the “Silencing the 
Guns” initiative, paid a courtesy call to UNREC, de-briefed from the AU’s perspective on his 
recent meeting with ODA’s High Representative and seized the opportunity to discuss ways 
and means to strengthen the cooperation between the AU and UNREC to advance the Lusaka 
Roadmap master plan to “Silencing the Guns” in Africa. He addressed the press at the end of 
his visit to UNREC.