UNOWA
United Nations Office for West Africa

Closure of UNOWA

The United Nations Office for West Africa (UNOWA) was established in January 2002 to promote political stability in the region. Its mandate ended in January 2016, when it merged with the Office of the Special Envoy for the Sahel (OSES) to form the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS).

Effective Governance, Leadership and Morality in Public Life: Lecture Delivered by the SRSG Chambas

Accra, 17 July 2015 - It is a great pleasure for me to be among you today, for the 5th Annual Dr. Sheikh Usman Nuhu Sharubutu Ramadan Lectures. When I consider the caliber of those who have preceded me in doing honour to a great leader, I feel highly privileged that I have been asked to give the 5th Ramadan Lecture in honour of the Grand Mufti of Islam in Ghana. As you all know, last year’s lecture was given by no less a person than our dear former President John Kufuor – a man who has continued to dedicate himself to providing Ghana with leadership on many scores, including effective governance that has a reasonably high sense of public morality.