Speeches 01

THE 50th ORDINARY SUMMIT OF THE ECONOMIC COMMUNITY OF WEST AFRICAN STATES (ECOWAS) Abuja, 17 December 2016 Speech by Dr. Mohamed Ibn Chambas, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations…

Mr. President, Members of the Council, distinguished delegates, I am honoured to be with you today alongside USG Ladsous to brief you on support to MINUSMA’s operations. Mali remains one of the most difficult environments…

Monsieur le Président, Permettez-moi tout d’abord de vous remercier pour votre invitation à présenter les grandes lignes de l’évolution de la situation au Mali au Conseil de Sécurité. Je saisis également cette occasion de…

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The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and the Economic Community for West African States (ECOWAS) jointly launch, on 19 September 2016 in New York, efforts to support West Africa against drugs and crime. In…

On the occasion of its annual conference, the Special Representative of the UN Secretary General for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS) addressed the Ghana Bar Association on Tuesday, September 13 2016 on the theme: "The role…

Keynote Address by Dr. Mohamed Ibn Chambas, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS) at the National Colloquium on the Security of the upcoming General Elections in Ghana, at…

The Secretary-General welcomes the landmark case before the International Criminal Court today relating to the trial of Ahmad Al Faqi Al Mahdi, an alleged member of Ansar Dine, who is charged with the war crime of…

Meeting of heads of delegations of the Cameroon-Nigeria Mixed Commission (CNMC) Speech of Mr. Mohamed Ibn Chambas, the Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for West Africa and the Sahel and Chairman…

The members of the Security Council condemned in the strongest terms the terrorist attack on 29 May 2016 against a convoy of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) near Sévaré…