In the UN Security Council's Resolution 1590, adopted on 24 March 2005, the Security Council requested that the UN Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) "closely and continuously liaise and coordinate at all levels with the African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) with a view towards expeditiously reinforcing the efforts to foster peace in Darfur, especially with regards to the Abuja peace process and the African Union Mission in Sudan."

As a key regional organization, one of the key tasks of the African Union is to focus on the promotion of peace, security and stability on the continent, as a prerequisite for the implementation of the development and integration agenda of the Union. This element of the African Union's work is carried out by the African Union's Peace and Security Council.

In the communiqué of the 17th meeting of the African Union's Peace and Security Council on 20 October 2004, the AMIS mandate was described as follows:

• To monitor and observe compliance with the Humanitarian Ceasefire Agreement signed in N'Djamena, on 8 April 2004, and all such agreements in the future,
• To assist in the process of confidence building,
• To contribute to a secure environment for the delivery of humanitarian relief, and beyond that, the return of internally displace persons and refugees to their homes, in order to assist in increasing the level of compliance of all Parties with the Humanitarian Ceasefire Agreement and to contribute to the improvement of the security situation throughout Darfur.

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