Peace and Security Council

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organ of the African Union peace and security body standing decision-making body

The Peace and Security Council is the African Union’s standing decision-making body responsible for conflict prevention, management, and resolution across the continent.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Peace and Security Council of the African Union	17
Peace and Security Council canonical	5
Security Council	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T247981 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Peace and Security Council
Context triple: [African Union, hasOrgan, Peace and Security Council]

A. United Nations Security Council
The United Nations Security Council is the UN body responsible for maintaining international peace and security, with the authority to adopt binding resolutions, impose sanctions, and authorize the use of force.
B. Office of Regional Peace and Security
The Office of Regional Peace and Security is a division within the U.S. Department of State focused on promoting stability, conflict resolution, and security cooperation across African regions.
C. Permanent Representatives' Committee
The Permanent Representatives' Committee is a key decision-preparatory body of the African Union composed of member states' ambassadors, responsible for overseeing implementation of AU policies and coordinating the work of its various organs.
D. United Nations General Assembly
The United Nations General Assembly is the main deliberative body of the UN, where all member states meet to discuss and coordinate on international issues and policies.
E. United Nations Department of Safety and Security
The United Nations Department of Safety and Security is the UN body responsible for providing leadership, operational support, and oversight of security management to ensure the safety of UN personnel, premises, and operations worldwide.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Peace and Security Council
Target entity description: The Peace and Security Council is the African Union’s standing decision-making body responsible for conflict prevention, management, and resolution across the continent.

A. United Nations Security Council
The United Nations Security Council is the UN body responsible for maintaining international peace and security, with the authority to adopt binding resolutions, impose sanctions, and authorize the use of force.
B. Office of Regional Peace and Security
The Office of Regional Peace and Security is a division within the U.S. Department of State focused on promoting stability, conflict resolution, and security cooperation across African regions.
C. Permanent Representatives' Committee
The Permanent Representatives' Committee is a key decision-preparatory body of the African Union composed of member states' ambassadors, responsible for overseeing implementation of AU policies and coordinating the work of its various organs.
D. United Nations General Assembly
The United Nations General Assembly is the main deliberative body of the UN, where all member states meet to discuss and coordinate on international issues and policies.
E. United Nations Department of Safety and Security
The United Nations Department of Safety and Security is the UN body responsible for providing leadership, operational support, and oversight of security management to ensure the safety of UN personnel, premises, and operations worldwide.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	organ of the African Union ⓘ peace and security body ⓘ standing decision-making body ⓘ
adoptedBy	Assembly of the African Union ⓘ
cameIntoForce	2004 ⓘ
canAuthorize	peace support operations ⓘ
canImpose	sanctions recommendations to the Assembly ⓘ
canRecommend	intervention in member states in grave circumstances ⓘ
dateEstablished	2004 ⓘ
hasAbbreviation	PSC ⓘ
hasDecisionMakingMethod	consensus ⓘ two-thirds majority voting ⓘ
hasMandateArea	peace ⓘ security ⓘ stability in Africa ⓘ
hasMembershipStructure	10 members elected for two-year terms ⓘ 5 members elected for three-year terms ⓘ
hasMemberType	African Union member states ⓘ
hasNumberOfMembers	15 ⓘ
hasParentBody	African Union Peace and Security Architecture ⓘ linked to: African Peace and Security Architecture
hasRole	conflict management ⓘ conflict prevention ⓘ conflict resolution ⓘ crisis diplomacy ⓘ early warning response ⓘ mediation support ⓘ peace support operations authorization ⓘ peacebuilding ⓘ post-conflict reconstruction and development oversight ⓘ sanctions recommendation ⓘ
language	Arabic ⓘ English ⓘ French ⓘ Portuguese ⓘ Spanish ⓘ
legalBasis	Protocol Relating to the Establishment of the Peace and Security Council of the African Union ⓘ
locatedIn	Addis Ababa ⓘ Ethiopia ⓘ
meetsAt	Addis Ababa ⓘ
oversees	implementation of AU peace and security decisions ⓘ
partOf	African Union ⓘ
regionServed	Africa ⓘ
reportsTo	Assembly of the African Union ⓘ Executive Council of the African Union ⓘ
worksWith	African Standby Force ⓘ African Union Commission ⓘ Chairperson of the African Union Commission ⓘ linked to: Chairperson of the African Union Continental Early Warning System ⓘ Panel of the Wise ⓘ Peace Fund ⓘ linked to: African Peace Fund

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Referenced by (23)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

African Union → hasOrgan → Peace and Security Council ⓘ

African Peace and Security Architecture → hasComponent → Peace and Security Council ⓘ

African Peace and Security Architecture → monitoredBy → Peace and Security Council of the African Union ⓘ