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).

57th Ordinary Session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights

Mr. Mohammed Ibn Chambas, the head of the UN Office for West Africa (UNOWA), participated, on 04 November 2015, to the 57th Ordinary Session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR) organized in Banjul, The Gambia. to read SRSG Ibn Chambas statement, as delivered.