12 Sep 2017 - The Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) of the United Nations and Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS), Mohamed Ibn Chambas, participated today in Banjul, The Gambia, in the official launching ceremony of the Security...
28 Aug 2017 - The Special Representative of the Secretary General carried out a solidarity visit to Freetown, Sierra Leone from august 23 to 25, following the mudslide that claimed 494 lives and the disappearance of hundreds of people. During his stay, the SRSG interacted with the UNCT and...
14 Aug 2017 - Dakar, 14 August 2017 - The Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) and Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS), Mohamed Ibn Chambas, condemns in the strongest terms the terrorist attack, which took place on 13 August 2017 in...
31 Jul 2017 - The United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS), the United Nations Electoral Assistance Division (DAE) of the Department of Political Affairs, and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) Organized, from 25 to 26 July 2017 in Conakry, Guinea, a seminar on...
The SRSG Mohamed Ibn Chambas met with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Côte d'Ivoire, 19 July 2017 in Abidjan.
20 Jul 2017 - 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 today a two-day visit to Abidjan, where he held a series of meetings with the authorities of the country,...
14 Jun 2017 - The United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS), in partnership with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA) of Switzerland, organized a seminar in Dakar from 12 to 14...
The United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS), Mohamed Ibn Chambas, concluded today his two-day visit to Niamey, capital of Niger. He had a series of...
23 May 2017 - In the framework of the mobilization of new "emergency measures" for the preservation of peace in Burkina Faso and in accordance with the decision of the Executive Committee, chaired by the Secretary-General, on 23 March 2017, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General...
18 May 2017 - A joint high-level mission of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), the African Union and the United Nations visited Côte d'Ivoire on 17 May 2017, in the context of mutinies. (Press release available in French)
17 May 2017 - The Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS), Mohamed Ibn Chambas, participated in the third Pan African Forum on Migration which took place from 15 to 17 May 2017 in Kampala, Uganda. The Forum which...
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The United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS), Mohamed Ibn Chambas, concluded today his two-day visit to Niamey, capital of Niger. He had a series of...
