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).

Message of the SRSG Mohamed Ibn Chambas to the 48th Ordinary Summit of ECOWAS

  • 17 December 2015
The message of the Special Representative of the Secretary-general and Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa (UNOWA), Mohamed Ibn Chambas, to the 48th Ordinary Summit of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in Abuja, 16 December 2015.

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United Nations Office for West Africa

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…