UN PEACEKEEPING CHIEFS IN WEST AFRICA KICK OFF TWO-DAY SUMMIT

UN PEACEKEEPING CHIEFS IN WEST AFRICA KICK OFF TWO-DAY SUMMIT New York, Aug 25 2008 3:10PM The heads of United Nations peacekeeping missions in West Africa today start a two-day meeting in Guinea-Bissau aimed at reviewing regional and national challenges to the success of their mandates.

During the two days of discussion, the Special Representatives – from UN Missions in Liberia (<"http://unmil.org/">UNMIL) and Côte d'Ivoire (<"http://www.un.org/Depts/dpko/missions/unoci/index.html">UNOCI), the UN Office in West Africa (<"http://www.un.org/unowa/">UNOWA) and the UN Office for the Consolidation and Peace in Guinea-Bissau (<"http://www.unogbis.org/homepage.html">UNOGBIS) – will examine the latest developments in the sub-region since their June meeting in Dakar.

The agenda will also include a briefing on the recommendations made at last week's meeting of Force Commanders on UN peacekeeping missions in West Africa, held in Monrovia, and a presentation from the President of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), Mohamed Ibn Chambas of Ghana.
2008-08-25 00:00:00.000

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