ECOWAS AND UNHCR SIGN AGREEMENT TO STRENGTHEN REFUGEES PROTECTION
UNHCR Nigeria
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The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the UNHCR, The UN Refugee Agency today signed an agreement to strengthen collaboration in protecting refugees, stateless and internally displaced persons in the region. The President of the ECOWAS Commission, H.E Dr. Omar Alieu TOURAY and the Director of UNHCR Regional Bureau for West and Central Africa, Mr. Abdouraouf GNON-KONDE signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), to strengthen the existing cooperation between the two entities. The revised MoU includes new areas of collaboration that have emerged since the initial MoU between the two institutions in 2001, namely the identification and protection of refugees found in dangerous migratory movements, statelessness, emergency management, as well as durable solutions to forcible displacements.
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Published to Youtube on: 26/10/2023
Archived on: 08/10/2025
Original URL (may no longer be available): https://youtube.com/watch?v=uAErbM4few0