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Informal Interactive Dialogue on Enhancing Regional Counter-Terrorism Cooperation in West Africa and the Sahel
Tomorrow morning (15 July), Security Council members will hold an informal interactive dialogue (IID) on enhancing regional counter-terrorism cooperation in West Africa and the Sahel. Briefings are expected from the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for West Africa and the Sahel and Head of the UN Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS), Leonardo Santos Simão; Commissioner for Peace and Security at the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), Abdel-Fatau Musah; and Chief of the Africa Section at the Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED), Marc Porret. Additional briefers may participate at the meeting.
The meeting will begin at 10 am EST and take place in Conference Room 12. IIDs are closed informal meetings that allow for the participation of non-Council members and officials other than Secretariat personnel. There is no formal record of such meetings. Several regional countries may participate at tomorrow’s meeting.
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