From 31 July to 2 August 2018, several Heads of UN missions Police chiefs meet in Addis Ababa at the 3rd Heads of Police Components Retreat. Their counterparts from African Union missions and hybrid AU-UN missions as well from the Federal Police Commission of Ethiopia are also attending the retreat. The main objective is to utilize this retreat as a platform for sharing and exchanging ideas/best practices within a regional context. Two other preceding similar retreats were held in Entebbe and Kigali.