At a UN Security Council meeting dedicated to cooperation between the United Nations and the African Union, Kate Foster, Deputy Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to the UN, made a statement. In her remarks, she emphasized that amid intensifying conflicts and instability in various parts of the African continent, the partnership between the two organizations is acquiring particular significance. According to the diplomat, joint efforts by the UN and the African Union are necessary for effectively responding to crisis situations, maintaining peace, and ensuring security in the region. The United Kingdom expressed its readiness to support such cooperation and stressed the importance of coordinating the actions of the international community with regional structures to address accumulated problems. The Security Council meeting served as another venue for discussing mechanisms of interaction between global and regional institutions in matters of maintaining international peace and security, particularly in the context of the multiple challenges facing African states.