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Mohamed Ibn Chambas, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS), briefs the Security Council meeting on peace consolidation in West Africa.

Briefing Security Council on West Africa, Sahel, Special Representative Warns Volatility Could Reverse Democratic Gains in Region

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SECURITY COUNCIL8313TH MEETING (PM)

18 Jul 2018

President of ECOWAS commission and the UN Special Representative for West Africa and the Sahel concluded a high-level visit to the Gambia

The President of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Commission, Jean-Claude Kassi Brou, and the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS), Mohamed Ibn Chambas, concluded on 13 July a three-day v

13 Jul 2018

High Level Meeting on the Sahel, Nouakchott - 30 june 2018

Communique on the High Level Meeting on the Sahel, Nouakchott

Today, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, hosted a High-Level Meeting on the Sahel, on the margins of the 31st Summit of the African Union.

30 Jun 2018

Mohamed Ibn Chambas expresses concern with the deaths of two environmental activists in The Gambia

The Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS), Mohamed Ibn Chambas, expresses concern with the deaths of two environmental activists reportedly killed during protests against the operations of a sand mining company

19 Jun 2018

SRSG Ibn Chambas meets a delegation of the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre

On 4 June 2018, the Special Representative of the Secretary General for West Africa and the Sahel, Mohamed Ibn Chambas received a delegation of the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre (KAIPTC) led by its Commandant, Air vice Marshall Griffiths Evans.

05 Jun 2018

OHCHR WARO, UNOWAS, ECOWAS and the Network of National Human Rights Institutions in West Africa organize a regional consultation for National Human Rights Institutions in West Africa and the Sahel

The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights - West Africa Regional Office (OHCHR-WARO), the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS), the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), in collaboration with the Network of National Human Rights Institutions in Wes

14 Apr 2018

A high level conference on "Women, Violence and Terrorism in West Africa and the Sahel region: Building a regional and international response" (Fr)

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13 Apr 2018

Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on Sierra Leone

The Secretary-General takes note of the announcement by the National Electoral Commission on 4 April of the final results of the presidential run-off election in Sierra Leone. He congratulates Mr.

05 Apr 2018

Secretary-General Appoints Rosemary A. DiCarlo of United States as Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs

Secretary-General António Guterres announced today the appointment of Rosemary DiCarlo of the United States, President of the National Committee on American Foreign Policy and Senior Fellow at the Jackson Institute for Global Affairs, Yale University, as Under-Secretary-General for Political Affa

29 Mar 2018

High level regional colloquium on challenges and prospects of political reforms in West Africa (2015 – 2017)

As part of its mandate for preventing conflicts and sustaining peace, the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS), organized, in partnership with ECOWAS Commission, on 26 – 27 March 2018, in Abidjan, a high-level colloquium on « challenges and prospects of political refor

27 Mar 2018

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