West Africa: Prospects for Peace
Featuring Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah, Special Representative to the United Nations Secretary General for West Africa
Current Issues Briefing
A child soldier holds a gun in Sierra Leone.
UN Photo
Date and Time
Tuesday, September 23, 2003
10:00 AM–Noon
Location
U.S. Institute of Peace
2nd Floor Conference Room
1200 17th St, NW
Washington, DC 20036
Directions
Sierra Leone, Liberia, and the Democratic Republic of Congo all have suffered greatly from violent conflict in recent years.
On September 23 the Institute hosted a briefing featuring Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah in an examination of present and future UN activities in the region as well as prospects for peace and reconciliation in West Africa. Moderated by David Smock, Africa scholar and director of the Institute's Religion and Peacemaking Initiative, Abdallah's presentation was followed by questions from the floor.
Speakers
- Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah
Special Representative to the United Nations Secretary General for West Africa; former Institute Grantee; and Author, Burundi on the Brink (U.S. Institute of Peace Press, 1999)
- David Smock, Moderator
Director, Religion and Peacemaking Initiative, U.S. Institute of Peace
