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Women and young people equipped for the effective implementation of Resolution 1325 and 2250 in West Africa and the Sahel
Monrovia, 23 September 2022: The United Nations Office in West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS), in cooperation with UN Women, organised the annual meeting of the Working Group on Women, Youth, Peace and Security in West Africa and the Sahel (WGWYPS-WAS) from 19 to 23 September 2022. About 30 women and…
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Visit of the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Central Africa and Head of the United Nations Regional Office for Central Africa to Angola on the occasion of the Investiture Ceremony of the President and Vice-President of the Republic
The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Central Africa and Head of the United Nations Regional Office for Central Africa (UNOCA), Mr. Abdou Abarry, makes his first visit to Angola for the occasion of the Investiture Ceremony of the President and Vice-President of the Republic of…
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The Special Representative ANNADIF concludes a two-day visit to Niger
The Special Representative ANNADIF concludes a two-day visit to Niger The Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Office in West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS), Mahamat Saleh ANNADIF, concluded today, 9 September, a two-day visit to Niger. During his visit, the…
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The Reinforcement of democracy and public governance in West Africa, At the heart of a Regional Colloquium in Dakar
The Reinforcement of democracy and public governance in West Africa, At the heart of a Regional Colloquium in Dakar The United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the Open Society Initiative – West Africa (OSIWA), the Kofi Annan…
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Secretary-General appoints Mr. Abdoulaye Bathily of Senegal as Special Representative of Libya and Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres today announced the appointment of Abdoulaye Bathily of Senegal as his Special Representative for Libya and Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL). He succeeds Ján Kubiš of Slovakia, who previously served as Special Envoy and…
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UNSMIL Calls for Addressing Widespread Enforced Disappearances in Libya as Part of a Rights-Based National Reconciliation Process
TRIPOLI, 30 August 2022 - Today, on the International Day of Victims of Enforced Disappearances, the United National Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) expresses its solidarity with the countless victims of enforced disappearances and missing persons in Libya. The Mission calls on relevant…
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UNSMIL Calls for Addressing Widespread Enforced Disappearances in Libya as Part of a Rights-Based National Reconciliation Process
TRIPOLI, 30 August 2022 - Today, on the International Day of Victims of Enforced Disappearances, the United National Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) expresses its solidarity with the countless victims of enforced disappearances and missing persons in Libya. The Mission calls on relevant…
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SRSG ANNADIF condemns violence in Sierra Leone, calls for calm and dialogue
Dakar, 11 August 2022- The Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS), Mahamat Saleh ANNADIF, condemns the violence that occurred yesterday in the capital of Sierra Leone, Freetown, where several civilians and police…
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Press Release / Haiti: UN reports gross human rights abuses in northwest Port-au-Prince during deadly gang clashes in April and May 2022
Port-au-Prince, 1 August 2022: TheUnited Nations Integrated Office in Haiti(BINUH) issued today a report on the deadly wave of violence that broke out between 24 April and 16 May 2022, in the north and west of the Port-au-Prince metropolitan area, involving two gang coalitions which fight each other…
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UNMHA Deputy Head of Mission assumes duty
HUDAYDAH, 17 July 2022 — UNMHA welcomes its recently appointed Deputy Head of Mission Ms. Vivian van de Perre of the Netherlands. Prior, she served as the Mission Chief of Staff for the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) in the first half of…