Content_paragraphs:  On 6 and 7 February, during the thirty-fourth ordinary session of the Assembly
  
  of Heads of State and Government, President Tshisekedi was elected Chairperson of
  
  the African Union for one year. The priorities of his presidency include: peace and
  
  security; the ratification of the African Continental Free Trade Area  agreement;
  
  integration projects and climate change; African culture, arts and heritage, which is
  
  the African Union theme for 2021; the fight against the coronavirus disease
  
  (COVID-19) and other diseases; as well as investment in human capital and the
  
  fostering of the participation of women and young people.
  
  
  
   
  S/2021/274
  
   
  
  3/18 21-03477