UN Documents for Lake Chad Basin
Selected Security Council Resolutions | View All |
31 March 2017 S/RES/2349 | This was on the Lake Chad Basin and addressed the negative security, humanitarian and developmental dimensions of the Boko Haram crisis in the region. |
Selected Security Council Presidential Statements | View All |
9 August 2017 S/PRST/2017/14 | This was on the threat of famine in Yemen, Somalia, South Sudan and north-east Nigeria. |
13 May 2016 S/PRST/2016/7 | This was a presidential statement welcoming Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari’s initiative to convene a high-level Regional Security Summit to evaluate the regional response to Boko Haram. |
28 July 2015 S/PRST/2015/14 | This was a presidential statement commending Lake Chad Basin Commission members and Benin for their efforts to operationalise the MNJTF. |
Selected Secretary-General's Reports | View All |
7 September 2017 S/2017/764 | This was the report of the Secretary-General on the situation in the Lake Chad Basin region. |
24 December 2014 S/2014/945 | This was the report of the Secretary-General on UNOWA. |
Selected Sanctions Committee Documents | View All |
26 June 2014 SC/11455 | This press statement announced the addition of the group Ansaru and Boko Haram leader Abubakar Mohammed Shekau to the Al-Qaida sanctions list. |
22 May 2014 SC/11410 | The 1267/1989 Al-Qaida Sanctions Committee listed Boko Haram, subjecting the organisation to an arms embargo and assets freeze. |
Selected Security Council Letters | View All |
2 April 2018 S/2018/302 | This was a letter from the Netherlands summarising the 22 March briefing on the Lake Chad Basin. |
23 February 2018 S/2018/188 | This was a summary of the 2242 Informal Expert Group on Women and Peace and Security meeting on the situation in the Lake Chad Basin held 30 January 2018. |
18 July 2017 S/2017/625 | This was a summary of the 2242 Informal Expert Group on Women and Peace and Security meeting on the Lake Chad basin on 27 February 2017. |
Selected Security Council Meeting Records | View All |
22 March 2018 S/PV.8212 | This was a briefing on the root causes of the Boko Haram crisis. Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohamed briefed the Council, as well as Mohammad Bila of the Lake Chad Basin Commission and Chitra Nagarajan, a Senior Conflict Advisor at Adelphi. |
13 September 2017 S/PV.8047 | This was a briefing by Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs Jeffrey Feltman on the latest Secretary-General's report on the situation in the Lake Chad Basin region. |
9 August 2017 S/PV.8020 | The Council adopted a presidential statement expressing its grave concern about the threat of famine presently facing more than 20 million people in Yemen, Somalia, South Sudan, and north-east Nigeria. |
Selected Security Council Press Statements | View All |
30 November 2020 SC/14367 | This press statement condemned the killing of civilians during the 28 November terrorist attack in north-east Nigeria. |
16 June 2020 SC/14216 | This press statement condemned terrorist attacks on 9 and 10 June in Felo, on 13 June in Monguno, and on 13 June in Nganzai in Borno State, Nigeria. |
1 April 2020 SC/14155 | This press statement condemned the 23 March terrorist attack in Boma, Chad, which resulted in at least 98 killed and 47 wounded, and the attack on military vehicles near Goneri in Yobe State, Nigeria, the same day, which resulted in at least 47 killed. |
Selected Human Rights Council Documents | View All |
21 July 2017 CEDAW/C/NGA/CO/7-8 | These were the concluding observations on Nigeria by the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women. |
21 July 2017 CEDAW/C/NER/CO/3-4 | These were the concluding observations on Niger of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women |
6 July 2017 CRC/C/CMR/CO/3-5 | These were the concluding observations on Cameroon of the Committee on the Rights of the Child. |
Selected Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict Documents | View All |
6 July 2020 S/2020/652 | This was the Secretary-General's report on Children and armed conflict in Nigeria, covering the period from January 2017 to December 2019 |