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).

Press Releases

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SRSG Mohamed Ibn Chambas, to visit Guinea-Bissau
Dakar, 19 February 2015 - The Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa (UNOWA), Mohamed Ibn Chambas, will visit Guinea-Bissau from 19 to 20 February 2015. Available…
SRSG Mohamed Ibn Chambas, to visit Guinea-Bissau
Dakar, 19 February 2015 - The Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa (UNOWA), Mohamed Ibn Chambas, will visit Guinea-Bissau from 19 to 20 February 2015. Available…
XXXIst Meeting of the Cameroon-Nigeria Mixed Commission
Dakar, 23 April 2013 – The Commission on demarcation of the border between Cameroon and Nigeria will hold its thirty-first (31st) Session in Yaoundé, Cameroon on 25 and 26 April 2013. The Cameroon-Nigeria Mixed Commission is…
Djinnit call for calm in Guinea
Dakar, 18 April 2013 - Said Djinnit, Special Representative of the UN Secretary General for West Africa, visited Conakry from 15 to 17 April 2013. The visit follows his appointment by the United Nations Secretary General as…
Said Djinnit reiterates UN support to ECOWAS
Abuja, 8 April 2013 – The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for West Africa, Said Djinnit attended the 9th Annual Development Partners Coordination Meeting of the Economic Community of West African States…