Speeches

Special Representative for West Africa and the Sahel welcomes democratic progress in Cabo Verde and renews United Nations support

The Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Office in West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS), Mahamat ANNADIF, concluded today a two-day visit to Cabo Verde.

10 Jun 2021

youth training workshop for prevention and conflict management

UNOWAS supports the organization of youth reflection and training workshop for prevention and conflict management, peace and strengthening of social cohesion in Burkina Faso

29 May 2021

58th Ordinary Session of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government

Remarks by Mohamed Ibn Chambas

25 Jan 2021

Mohamed Ibn Chambas briefed today the United Nations Security Council on the latest report of the Secretary-General on the activities of UNOWAS

West Africa and the Sahel region continues to suffer from multiple challenges, triggered by the Covid-19 pandemic, that are plunging most countries of the region into recession and leading them to a diversion of resources from productive investm

11 Jan 2021

TOGETHER, WE WILL DEFEAT COVID-19

Since the outbreak and the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, our way of life and operating system have suddenly changed.

05 Apr 2020

56th Ordinary Session of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government

The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS), Mohamed Ibn Chambas, participated in the 56th Ordinary Session of the Authority of the Heads of State

21 Dec 2019

Security Council Briefing on the Shared Causes of Intercommunal Violence and Preventing Violent Extremism in West Africa

The Security Council held on 16 December 2019 an open meeting on the shared causes of intercommunal violence and preventing violent extremism in West Africa.

17 Dec 2019