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30th High-level Meeting of Heads of UN Missions in West Africa

Monrovia, 21 December 2016

21 Dec 2016

Heads of States and Partners during the 50th ordinary Summit of the ECOWAS. Abuja, 17 December 2016. Photo:DR

The UN supports a peaceful, timely and orderly transfert of power in the Gambia

THE 50th ORDINARY SUMMIT OF THE ECONOMIC COMMUNITY OF WEST AFRICAN STATES (ECOWAS)

Abuja, 17 December 2016

Speech by Dr. Mohamed Ibn Chambas,

17 Dec 2016

Regional Open Day on Women, Youth, Peace and Security in West Africa and the Sahel. December 16, 2016 in Abuja

Youth and women in the rural world, major actors of peace in West Africa and the Sahel

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16 Dec 2016

ECOWAS, African Union and UN statement on the political developments in the Gambia

The ECOWAS Commission, the African Union Commission and the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS) have received information that the Gambian incumbent President Yahya Jammeh has rejected the results of the Gambian presidential election of 1 Decem

10 Dec 2016

Presidential and Parliamentary election in Ghana, 7 December 2016. Credit: UNOWAS

Statement by SRSG Mohamed Ibn Chambas, on the Presidential and Parliamentary elections In Ghana

The Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel, Mohamed Ibn Chambas, congratulates the people of Ghana for the peaceful, orderly and successful Presidential and Parliamentary elections of Wednesda

09 Dec 2016

SRSG Mohamed Ibn Chambas congratulates the government and the people of The Gambia for organizing a peaceful and credible election

- Ladies and Gentlemen, thank you for your presence,

03 Dec 2016

UNOWAS supports a training on peace operations co-organized by the Senegalese Ministry of Armed Forces and the Austrian Ministry of Defense

The Ministry of the Armed Forces of Senegal and the Ministry of Defense and Sports of Austria, with the support of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS), organized, from 28 November to 02 December 2016, a training on "Cross-cutting issues in

02 Dec 2016