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At the High-level Conference on Strengthening International Counter-Terrorism Cooperation, SRSG...
UNOWAS supports the organization of National Stakeholders’ Forums, calls for peaceful General...
In Freetown, SRSG Simão Co-Chaired the Regional Open Day On UNSC Resolution 1325 (2000) and...
Open Day on UN Security Council Resolutions 1325 (2000) and subsequent resolutions on Women, peace...
Special Representative of the Secretary-General for West Africa and the Sahel, Leonardo Santos...
International Peace Day
Special Representative Simão Concludes His Visit to Benin, He Highlights the Importance for...
Special Representative Simão Concludes Visit to Togo, Encourages All Actors to Continue Their...
The Special Representative Leonardo Santos Simão concludes his visit to Liberia
Capacity Building Workshop For Women Leaders, For a Better Involvement In Conflict Prevention,...

At the High-level Conference on Strengthening International Counter-Terrorism Cooperation, SRSG Simão calls on to put in place a regional cooperation mechanism to support the countries of the Central Sahel to successfully fight terrorism

Dakar, 05 November 2024 - The Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel, Leonardo Santos Simão, participated in the High-level Conference on Strengthening International Counter-Terrorism C

05 Nov 2024

UNOWAS supports the organization of National Stakeholders’ Forums, calls for peaceful General Elections in Ghana

Dakar, 05 November 2024 - As part of its continued engagement to promote peace and stability in West Africa and the Sahel, UNOWAS, in close coll

05 Nov 2024

In Freetown, SRSG Simão Co-Chaired the Regional Open Day On UNSC Resolution 1325 (2000) and subsequent On Gender, Women, Youth, Peace, and Security, And Co-led The Joint High-Level ECOWAS-UNOWAS-AU Follow Up Mission of the International Moral Guarantors

The Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS), Leonardo Santos Simão, concluded today a one-week visit to the Republic of Sierra Leone.

18 Oct 2024

Open Day on UN Security Council Resolutions 1325 (2000) and subsequent resolutions on Women, peace and security in West Africa and the Sahel

In Freetown, Special Representative Simão and the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Sierra Leone, H.E.

17 Oct 2024

Special Representative of the Secretary-General for West Africa and the Sahel, Leonardo Santos Simão, Expresses Deep Sadness over Deadly Explosion of Fuel Tanker In Jigawa State, Northern Nigeria

Dakar, 17 October 2024 - The Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS), Leonardo Santos Simão, has learned with deep sadness of the tragic explosion of fuel tanker in Jigawa State, Northern Nigeria, in which

17 Oct 2024