Press releases

  • SRSG for West Africa’s meeting with President Yahya Jammeh of The Gambia
    03 Jun 2014 - Dakar, 03 June 2014 - As part of his regular consultations with regional leaders, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for West Africa, Mr. Said Djinnit, held today in Banjul, capital of The Gambia, an extensive meeting with His Excellency Yahya Jammeh, President of The Gambia.
  • The new Special Envoy for the Sahel reiterated the UN commitment to support regional efforts
    27 May 2014 - Dakar, 27 May 2014 – The Special Envoy for the Sahel, Mrs. Hiroute Guebre Sellassie, attended yesterday the Second Consultation Meeting on the ECOWAS Sahel Strategy, convened by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in Abuja, Nigeria.
  • The Special Envoy for the Sahel takes function in Dakar
    13 May 2014 - Dakar, 13 May 2014 – The new Special Envoy for the Sahel and Head of Office, Mrs. Hiroute Guebre Sellassie took function yesterday, in Dakar. Appointed on 1st May 2014, she succeeds Romano Prodi of Italy, who completed his assignment on 31 January 2014.
  • Twenty-sixth High-Level Meeting of Heads of UN Peace Missions in West Africa (09 May 2014)
    09 May 2014 - Final Communique - At the invitation of Mr. Said Djinnit, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for West Africa and Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa (UNOWA), the Heads of the United Nations Peace Missions in West Africa held their Twenty-sixth high-level consultation meeting on 9 May 2014 in Dakar.
  • SRSG Djinnit confers with President John Dramani Mahama of Ghana
    06 May 2014 - Accra, 6 May 2014 - The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General (SRSG) for West Africa, Mr. Said Djinnit was received in audience by HE Mr. John Dramani Mahama, President of the Republic of Ghana and Chairman of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government.
  • SRSG Djinnit meets with President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf of Liberia
    15 Apr 2014 - Dakar, 15 April 2014 – The Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) for West Africa, Mr. Said Djinnit, met yesterday, in Monrovia, the President of Liberia, Ms. Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf. Press release (/)
  • SRSG Djinnit attends the High-Level Review of the World Drug Problem in Vienna
    14 Mar 2014 - Dakar, 14 March 2014 – The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for West Africa and Head of UNOWA, Mr. Said Djinnit, attended the High-Level Review of the world drug problem organized in Vienna as part of the fifty-seventh session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) on 13-14 March.
  • SRSG met with President Issoufou on the implementation of the Integrated Strategy for the Sahel
    05 Mar 2014 - Dakar, 05 march 2014 - The Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) and Head of the UN Office for West Africa (UNOWA), Mr. Said Djinnit, was received on Tuesday, February 4 in Niamey by President Mahamadou Issoufou of Niger.
  • SRSG Said Djinnit condemns the renewal of killings in Borno State, in Nigeria
    04 Mar 2014 - Dakar, 04 March 2014 - The Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) for West Africa and Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa (UNOWA), Mr. Said Djinnit, strongly condemns the renewal of killings perpetrated over the week end by unidentified armed groups in the localities of Maiduguri, Mainok and Mafa in Borno State.
  • SRSG’s visit to Sierra Leone
    26 Feb 2014 - Dakar, 26 February 2014 - As part of his mandate as the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for West Africa and Chairman of the West Africa Coast Initiative High-level Policy Committee (WACI POLCOM), Mr. Said Djinnit ended yesterday a two day visit to Sierra Leone.

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