UNOWAS (West Africa and the Sahel)

  • January 2024

    West Africa and the Sahel

    Monthly Forecast

    In January 2024, the Security Council will hold its biannual briefing on West Africa and the Sahel. The Special Representative and head of the UN Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS), Leonardo Santos Simão, is expected to brief.

  • 28 July 2023

    Security Council Consultations on Niger*

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    Today (28 July), Security Council members are expected to hold closed consultations on Niger, following this morning’s Council briefing with force commandeers of UN peacekeeping operations. The Council’s three African members (A3)—Gabon, Ghana and Mozambique—requested the meeting for an update...

  • On Tuesday (25 July), the Security Council will hold a briefing on West Africa and the Sahel, followed by closed consultations. Special Representative and head of the UN Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS), Leonardo Santos Simão, is...

  • July 2023

    West Africa and the Sahel

    Monthly Forecast

    In July, the Security Council will hold its biannual briefing on West Africa and the Sahel. The Special Representative and head of the UN Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS), Leonardo Santos Simão, is expected to brief.

  • June 2023

    Gulf of Guinea Piracy

    Monthly Forecast

    In June, the Council is expected to hold a briefing on piracy and armed robbery in the Gulf of Guinea.

  • Tomorrow morning (10 January), the Security Council will hold an open briefing, followed by closed consultations, on West Africa and the Sahel. The expected briefers are the Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General for West Africa and the Sahel and...

  • January 2023

    West Africa and the Sahel

    Monthly Forecast

    In January 2023, the Security Council will hold its biannual briefing on the situation in West Africa and the Sahel. The Council is also expected to renew the mandate of the UN Office of West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS) in January. This is likely to be done through an exchange of letters between the President of the Security Council and the Secretary-General. UNOWAS’ current mandate expires on 31 January 2023.

  • 21 November 2022

    Gulf of Guinea Piracy: Briefing

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    Tomorrow morning (22 November), the Security Council will hold a briefing on piracy in the Gulf of Guinea. Assistant Secretary-General for Africa in the Departments of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs and Peace Operations (DPPA-DPO) Martha Ama Akyaa Pobee will present the...

  • November 2022

    Gulf of Guinea Piracy

    Monthly Forecast

    In November, the Security Council is expected to hold a briefing on piracy in the Gulf of Guinea to consider the Secretary-General’s report on Gulf of Guinea piracy pursuant to resolution 2634 of 31 May. Representatives of the Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs, the Gulf of Guinea Commission, and civil society are expected to brief.  

  • Tomorrow (7 July), the Security Council will hold a briefing and consultations on West Africa and the Sahel. Special Representative and head of the UN Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS) Mahamat Saleh Annadif will brief. The Chair...

  • July 2022

    West Africa and the Sahel

    Monthly Forecast

    In July, the Security Council will hold its biannual briefing on West Africa and the Sahel. The Special Representative and head of the UN Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS), Mahamat Saleh Annadif, is expected to brief. Also expected to brief is the chair of the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC) Ambassador Rabab Fatima (Bangladesh), who will be leaving this role later in the month to be UN High Representative for Least Developed, Landlocked Countries, and Small Island Developing States.

  • Tomorrow (31 May), the Security Council is expected to vote on a draft resolution on piracy and armed robbery in the Gulf of Guinea. The penholders, Ghana and Norway, first began informal consultations on the text with Council members and...

  • Tomorrow (8 February), Security Council members will hold closed consultations on Burkina Faso under the agenda item “Peace consolidation in West Africa”. The meeting follows last month’s coup d’état in Burkina Faso that deposed President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré—the fourth...

  • On Monday (10 January), the Security Council will hold a briefing, followed by consultations, on West Africa and the Sahel. The expected briefers are Special Representative and head of the UN Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS) Mahamat...

  • January 2022

    West Africa and the Sahel

    Monthly Forecast

    n January, the Security Council will hold its biannual briefing on West Africa and the Sahel. The Special Representative and head of the UN Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS), Mahamat Saleh Annadif, Executive Director of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Ghada Fathi Waly and a civil society representative are expected to brief. The Council may also adopt a resolution initiated by Ghana and Norway on piracy and armed robbery in the Gulf of Guinea.