"ECONOMIC COMMUNITY OF WEST AFRICAN STATES - ECOWAS"

Briefing by Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

Meeting on West Africa, Sahel region, speakers in Security Council express concern over successive coups, call for strengthening state institutions.

Security Council renews Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali, adopting resolution 2640 (2022).

Adopting resolution 2634 (2022), Security Council calls on Gulf of Guinea countries to criminalize piracy, armed robbery at sea under domestic laws.

Amid alarm over Mali’s withdrawal from regional security architecture, top peace official briefs Security Council on challenges to ending terrorism in Sahel.

The number of terrorist attacks in the Sahel region of Africa “continues to increase” according to Secretary-General António Guterres, who arrived in the capital of Niger, Niamey, the second of three countries he is visiting on a tour of West Africa to mark the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. UNIFEED

El-Ghassim Wane, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Mali told the Security Council that the overall situation in the country has remained extremely worrying, adding that there has been no notable progress in the implementation of the Peace Agreement. UNIFEED

Amid executions, forced disappearances in Mali, mission head tells Security Council little progress made towards implementing peace agreement.

More United Nations cooperation with regional partners key for tackling terrorism, drug trafficking in Central Asia, Eastern Europe, Secretary-General tells Security Council.

Concerned by unintended negative impact of sanctions, speakers in Security Council urge action to better protect civilians, ensure humanitarian needs are met.