Dear partners and colleagues, Please be informed that the United Nations Office for West Africa (UNOWA) and the Office of the Special Envoy for the Sahel (OSES) have merged into a single entity, UNOWAS: United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel. For more information, you can access the new UNOWAS website at unowas.unmissions.org
19 Feb 2014 - Dakar, 19 février 2014 - Le Représentant Spécial du Secrétaire General des Nations Unies pour l’Afrique de l’Ouest, M. Said Djinnit, a participé aujourd’hui à la 3e réunion ministérielle sur le renforcement de la coopération sécuritaire et l’opérationnalisation de l’architecture africaine de paix et de sécurité dans la région sahélo-saharienne, à Niamey, au Niger.
18 Feb 2014 - Dakar, 18 February 2014 - Mr. Said Djinnit, the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for West Africa, was received in audience in Koulouba - Bamako today by the President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita of Mali with whom he exchanged views on the situation in the Sahel and West Africa. The meeting was held in the presence of Mr. Albert Koenders, the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General in Mali.
17 Feb 2014 - Dakar, 17 February 2014 - The United Nations Office for West Africa (UNOWA ), organized today a handover meeting on the United Nations Integrated Strategy. The meeting marked the end of the mandate of the United Nations Secretary- General’s Special Envoy for the Sahel, Romano Prodi, who handed over his responsibilities to the United Nations system in West Africa.
13 Feb 2014 - Dakar/Abidjan, 13 February 2014 - The United Nations Office for West Africa (UNOWA) in partnership with the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and Empowerment of Women (UN Women) officially launched the Database on "Gender, Women, Peace and Security in West Africa" on Thursday 13 February, in Abidjan.
02 Feb 2014 - Abuja, 2 February 2014 - The Cameroon-Nigeria Mixed Commission established pursuant to the Joint Communiqué adopted at the Summit Meeting which took place in Geneva on 15 November 2002 between His Excellency Paul Biya, President of the Republic of Cameroon and His Excellency Olusegun Obasanjo, the then President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, in the presence of His Excellency Kofi Annan, then Secretary General of the United Nations, held its Thirty Second Ordinary
02 Feb 2014 - Abuja, 2 February 2014 - The Commission on the delimitation of the boundary between Cameroon and Nigeria closes its Thirty-Second (32nd) Session in Abuja, Nigeria. The Cameroon-Nigeria Mixed Commission is composed of Delegations of Cameroon and Nigeria led respectively by Mr. Amadou Ali, Vice Prime Minister and Mr. Mohammed Bello Adoke, Minister of Justice.
29 Nov 2013 - On 29 November 2013, the Heads of the United Nations (UN) Peace Mission in West Africa held their twenty-fifth high-level consultation in Dakar in order to review progress in the coordination of the activities of the United Nations in promoting peace and stability in the sub-region.
29 Oct 2013 - Abidjan, le 29 octobre 2013 – Au lendemain de la Conférence des donateurs sur la Criminalité Transnationale Organisée, cinq pays d’Afrique de l’Ouest ont signé un document de projet avec les Nations Unies et INTERPOL pour le développement d’unités de lutte contre la criminalité transnationale (UCT/TCU) en Afrique de l’Ouest.
28 Oct 2013 - Abidjan, 28 octobre 2013 – Une Conférence régionale de Haut niveau des donateurs s’est tenue, à Abidjan aujourd’hui, pour soutenir les Etats Membres de la Communauté Economique des Etats d’Afrique de l’Ouest (CEDEAO) dans la lutte contre la criminalité transnationale organisée, y compris le trafic de drogue, l’insécurité dans le Sahel et la piraterie dans le Golfe de Guinée.
22 Oct 2013 - Geneva, 22 October 2013 – The twenty-third and final meeting of the Follow-up Committee to monitor the implementation of the Greentree Agreement on the Bakassi Peninsula was held in Geneva on 21 and 22 October 2013. It was chaired by Said Djinnit, Special Representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations in West Africa and President of the Follow-up Committee.
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18 Feb 2014 - Dakar, 18 February 2014 - Mr. Said Djinnit, the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for West Africa, was received in audience in Koulouba - Bamako today by the President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita of Mali with whom he exchanged views on the situation in the Sahel and West Africa. The meeting was held in the presence of Mr. Albert Koenders, the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General in Mali.
29 Nov 2013 - On 29 November 2013, the Heads of the United Nations (UN) Peace Mission in West Africa held their twenty-fifth high-level consultation in Dakar in order to review progress in the coordination of the activities of the United Nations in promoting peace and stability in the sub-region.
Des unités de lutte contre la criminalité transnationale soutenues par Interpol et les Nations Unies29 Oct 2013 - Abidjan, le 29 octobre 2013 – Au lendemain de la Conférence des donateurs sur la Criminalité Transnationale Organisée, cinq pays d’Afrique de l’Ouest ont signé un document de projet avec les Nations Unies et INTERPOL pour le développement d’unités de lutte contre la criminalité transnationale (UCT/TCU) en Afrique de l’Ouest.