"UNITED NATIONS OFFICE FOR WEST AFRICA AND THE SAHEL - UNOWAS"

As armed groups, coups d’état destabilize West Africa, Sahel, role of United Nations Regional Office key in consolidating democracy, speakers tell Security Council.

Giovanie Biha, Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General for West Africa and the Sahel, told the Security Council, “Despite efforts by national security forces and international partners, insecurity has again deteriorated in large parts of the region.” UNIFEED

Elections in central African countries show significant progress, but Security Conditions could disrupt democratic strides, briefers tell Security Council.

The top United Nations official for the Sahel region said, “the information that we have received on the massacres that have been perpetrated on innocent civilian populations, including women and children, convey the tragedy that is unfolding at the moment in this part of the world.” UNIFEED

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

Press conference by Ronaldo Costa Filho, Permanent Representative of Brazil and President of the Security Council for July, on the programme of work of the Security Council in July 2022.

Organized crime perpetuating instability, violence, poverty across West Africa, Sahel, executive director tells Security Council.

Issuing presidential statement, Security Council expresses grave concern over dire situation in West Africa, Sahel, Gulf of Guinea.

The Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS), Mahamat Saleh Annadif, said security challenges created by “terrorist acts in Liptako-Gourma and in the Lake Chad Basin as well as by crime along the coasts of the Gulf of Guinea must be addressed from a regional perspective because the risks of a joining between the threats from the sea and from the Sahel are real, and the main victims are the civilian populations.” UNIFEED