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Current Presences in the Region

Personal Envoy Mozambique
Established:
8 July 2019
Facilitating dialogue between the Government of Mozambique and opposition RENAMO, towards the signing and implementation of a peace agreement.
Personal Envoy Western Sahara
Established:
March 1997
Relaunching the negotiating process "with a new dynamic and a new spirit" to resume a political process
Special Envoy for the Great Lakes Region
Established:
February 2013
Supporting the implementation of the Peace Security and Cooperation Framework for the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the region.
Special Envoy Horn of Africa
Established:
October 2018
Supporting relevant regional organizations in promoting peace and security across the Horn of Africa.
UNITAMS
Established:
3 June 2020
Working closely with the Sudanese Transitional Government and people of Sudan in support of the transition.
UNOAU
Headquarters:
Addis Ababa
Location:
Ethiopia
Established:
June 2010
Enhancing the partnership between the United Nations and the African Union and providing coordinated and consistent UN advice to the AU
UNOCA
Headquarters:
Libreville
Location:
Gabon
Established:
March 2011
Carrying out good offices role in the Central African region
UNOWAS
Headquarters:
Dakar
Location:
Senegal
Established:
2002
Responsibility for UN preventive diplomacy, good offices and political mediation and facilitation efforts in West Africa and the Sahel
UNSMIL
Headquarters:
Tripoli
Location:
Libya
Established:
September 2011
Supporting the Libyan political process through mediation and good offices.
UNSOM
Headquarters:
Mogadishu
Location:
Somalia
Established:
June 2013
Supporting political reconciliation and peacebuilding through contacts with the Federal Government of Somalia, its federal member states and civil society