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United Nations Integrated Peacebuilding Office in Guinea-Bissau

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The United Nations Integrated Peacebuilding Office in Guinea‑Bissau (UNIOGBIS) was established on 26 June 2009. Its mandate ended on 31 December 2020, subsumed to the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS).

Local group of ICG-GB meets in Bissau

  • 14 August 2009
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14 August 2009 - The preparation of the upcoming Guinea-Bissau donor's round table was at the center of an informal meeting held this Friday in Bissau by the International Contact Group on Guinea-Bissau (ICG-GB) at his local level.

 

ECOWAS Special Representative as well as the ambassador of Portugal and representative of the Lusophone Community (CPLP), co-chairs of ICG-GB local group, announced that the meeting outputs will be shared with Guinea-Bissau authorities.

The meeting brought together diplomats accredited to Bissau, including the Representative of the Secretary-General, Joseph Mutaboba, host of the event, ECOWAS, UNDP, European Commission, Angola, Brazil, The Gambia, Guinea, Nigeria, Senegal and Spain.

The International Contact Group on Guinea-Bissau (ICG-GB) was set up in 2006, following Guinea-Bissau's round table in Geneva with the purpose to help the country secure international assistance needed for its development.

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