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Regional Conference on Impunity, access to Justice and Human rights Niamey 10-12 September 2018

Violent extremism continues to adversely affect the administration of justice. The targeting of judicial personnel, destruction of infrastructure coupled with incidents implicating security forces in human rights violations have reinforced a climate of fear and impunity.

11 Sep 2018

Statement by the Secretary-General on the passing of former Secretary-General Kofi Annan

Kofi Annan was a guiding force for good. It is with profound sadness that I learned of his passing. In many ways, Kofi Annan was the United Nations. He rose through the ranks to lead the organization into the new millennium with matchless dignity and determination.

18 Aug 2018

Speech of the SRSG Ibn Chambas 53rd Ordinary Session of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of ECOWAS

53ème Session Ordinaire de l'Autorité des Chefs d'Etat et de Gouvernement de la CEDEAO

Discours de Mohamed Ibn Chambas

02 Aug 2018

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

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