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).

Mr. Said Djinnit and the President of Burkina Faso discuss the security situation in West Africa

Dakar, 13 August 2014 - Mr. Said Djinnit, the Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for West Africa, met today in Ouagadougou, with President Blaise Compaore and conferred with him on the prevailing security situation in the Sahel and West Africa.

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