Mohammed Chambas

• Mohammed Ibin Chambas Delivers Remarks On West Africa to the U.N. Security Council

EXECUTIVE SECRETARY IBIN CHAMBAS DELIVERS REMARKS ON WEST AFRICA TO THE U.N. SECURITY COUNCIL AUGUST 9, 2006 SPEAKER: MOHAMMED IBIN CHAMBAS, ...

• Political Transcript Wire
• August 11, 2009

• W. African Pact On Small Arms Enters Into Force

In a statement at the ECOWAS Council of Ministers meeting in Abuja, Nigeria, ECOWAS Commission President Dr. Mohammed lbn Chambas said the convention "provides for a ban of arms transfer by member states, with possibility of exemption for legitimate defense and security needs, law enforcement and participation in peace support operations" and prohibits "without exception, arms transfer to non-state actors without the approval of the importing country.

• Arms Control Today
• Vol. 40 Nbr. 1, January 2010

• Debate in Congress Over Taylor's Asylum in Nigeria

A robust debate ensued in the US House of Representatives on Jun 24, 2004, with members of the House Subcommittee on Africa arguing that Nigeria's President Olusegun Obasanjo should now surrender former Liberian Pres Charles Taylor to the International Tribunal in Sierra Leone, where he should answer charges already brought against him.

... and with the ECOWAS Executive Secretary, Mohammed Chambas.". Jeter spoke in his capacity as the Exec...

• New York Amsterdam News
• July 31, 2009

• Reflections On U.S. Policy in Africa, 2001-2009

The President set the tone and nearly all cabinet secretaries followed his interest in Africa, most notably the secretaries of state, commerce, defense, treasury, health and human services, and labor, and the U.S. trade representative, all taking multiple official trips to Africa. [...] MCA revolutionized development assistance and is one of the key new institutions passed on to the Obama administration.

..., chairman of the African Union, and Mohammed Chambas, representing the Economic Community of We...

• The Fletcher Forum of World Affairs
• Vol. 34 Nbr. 1, January 2010

• Assassins' Animus ; Ethnic Rivalries, Personal Hatreds Underlie Killings of President, Army Chief of Staff

The assassination of Joao Bernardo Vieira, the president of Guinea-Bissau, just hours after the assassination of his army chief of staff, had the outward appearances of a military coup. Instead, analysts point to other reasons for the latest bout of turmoil in the tiny West African nation.

... sinister forces were not behind this," Mohammed ibn Chambas, executive secretary of ECOWAS, was qu...

• The Washington Times
• March 12, 2009

• Ecowas Gets Tough On Guinea Military Junta

According to the ECOWAS scribe, "the position of the chairman of ECOWAS, President [Umani Yar]'adua, is very clear. ECOWAS has a policy of zero tolerance for coup de'tat and so does the African Union. We work in tandem with the AU and we made it very clear to the government, the CNDD, in Guinea, that as long as there is a military face to the transition it will be difficult for the ECOWAS to work with the government. According to the ECOWAS scribe, the position of the chairman of ECOWAS, President Yar'adua, is very clear.

..., the Secretary general of ECOWAS, Mohammed Ibn Chambas said for as long as the military remai...

• Michigan Chronicle
• September 02, 2009