18 Aug 2023 - Dakar, 18 August 2023 - 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 two-day visit to Mauritania. This visit is part of his regional...
17 Aug 2023 - Dakar, 16 August 2023 - 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 three-day visit to Liberia. This visit was part of his regional...
16 Aug 2023 - Dakar, 16 August 2023 – The United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS), the United Nations Office for Central Africa (UNOCA) and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), supported the organization of a meeting whose objective was to develop...
03 Aug 2023 - Dakar, 03 August 2023 - The Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS), Mr. Leonardo Santos Simão has completed a two-day visit to Mal. This visit was part of his regional familiarization...
03 Aug 2023 - Dakar, 03 August 2023 - The Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS), Mr. Leonardo Santos Simão concluded yesterday a two-day visit to Ghana. This visit was part of his regional...
30 Jul 2023 - The unconstitutional change of government in Niger has come to further complicate an already worsening security landscape in the region.
Dakar, 30 July 2023- The Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the...
27 Jul 2023 - The Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS), Léonardo Santos Simão, is deeply concerned by current events in Niger, which indicate an attempted coup d'état.
Mr. Simão strongly condemns any...
25 Jul 2023 - Dakar, 25 July 2023 - The Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS), Léonardo Santos Simão, today presented to the United Nations Security Council the Secretary-General's latest report on...
19 Jul 2023 - Dakar, July 19, 2023 - Pursuing his regional familiarization tour following his appointment as Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for West Africa and the Sahel, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United...
16 Jul 2023 - Mindelo (São Vicente), 15 July 2023 - The 3rd Annual West Africa and Sahel Youth Forum on the theme: "Empowering young women and men through quality education, decent work and innovative solutions to make conflict prevention more effective in maintaining peace and...
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