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New York, 18 February 2010 - The Secretary-General is closely following developments in Niger and is receiving regular updates from his Special Representative for West Africa, Said Djinnit. It would be recalled that the Secretary-General has called on the stakeholders in Niger to swiftly revert to…

New York, 1 April 2010 - The Secretary-General is following with concern the military incidents in Guinea-Bissau involving the detention and subsequent release of the Prime Minister. He calls on the military and political leadership of Guinea-Bissau to resolve differences by peaceful means and to…

New York, 08 January 2015 – West Africa’s political landscape remains delicate as nations across the region continue to grapple with insecurity, terrorist threats and tensions ahead of a busy election cycle, the United Nations senior official there told the Security Council this afternoon. Available…

Good morning all- and thank you for this opportunity. I would like to share with you few remarks on the recent developpement regarding the election process in Nigeria in the context of a regional reaction to stop the threat posed by Boko Haram terrorism. Since Sunday, I am in Abuja to follow closely…

Geneva, 25 October 2012 - DSG : Je vais commencer en français, si vous permettez, mais je vais continuer en anglais et vous pouvez poser les questions en anglais ou en français. C’est pour moi un grand plaisir de rentrer à Genève ; c’est un peu avec nostalgie parce que la première fois que j’ai…

SG: Thank you. Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. It is a great pleasure to see you as we are preparing for the 66 th session of the General Debate. Once again, this is a good opportunity for us to share our views and listen to your views too. I trust everybody will be busy. I trust you will be…

Around 11:00 o’clock this morning, local time, the United Nations House in the Nigerian capital, Abuja, was struck by a car bomb. These buildings house 26 humanitarian and development agencies of the United Nations family. This was an assault on those who devote their lives to helping others. We…

20 June 2011 - United Nations officials, government ministers and representatives of Interpol pledged today to work together in the fight against drug trafficking and organized crime in West Africa, which has become a key transit point for the shipment of cocaine from Latin America to Europe. At a…

17 June 2011 - The United Nations representative for West Africa today offered the world body’s support to strengthening the democratic institutions in Niger, according to a press statement from the UN Office for West Africa ( UNOWA ). Said Djinnit, the Special Representative of the Secretary…

20 May 2011 - The list of eligible voters and the development of electoral laws are critical to determining the ultimate success of the poll and it is therefore vital that the process of drafting each of them is done with as much consultation as possible, a United Nations-backed conference on…

Dakar, 2 September 2014 - Said Djinnit, the Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary- General for West Africa (SRSG) convened yesterday a meeting of the regional UN team based in Dakar to review developments in West Africa. The meeting, comprising heads of regional offices of UN…

Dakar, 11 August 2014 - Mr. Said Djinnit, the Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for West Africa, met today in Nouakchott with President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, President of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania and current Chairman of the African Union.