{"id":215022,"date":"2022-01-29T11:26:02","date_gmt":"2022-01-29T09:26:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/press\/un-envoy-on-good-offices-mission-to-burkina-faso?lang=en"},"modified":"2022-01-29T11:26:02","modified_gmt":"2022-01-29T09:26:02","slug":"un-envoy-on-good-offices-mission-to-burkina-faso","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/un-envoy-on-good-offices-mission-to-burkina-faso\/","title":{"rendered":"UN envoy on &#8216;good offices mission&#8217; to Burkina Faso"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/files\/large\/6307a8e4ce87eda\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/files\/large\/6307a8e4ce87eda\" alt=\"United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG)\" style=\"max-width:500px\" \/><\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/files\/download\/6307a8e4ce87eda\">Download logo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A UN envoy will travel to Burkina Faso over the weekend on a &ldquo;good offices mission&rdquo; in the wake of the military coup last Sunday.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>The visit by Mahamat Saleh Annadif, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for West Africa and the Sahel, was announced on Friday, just hours after regional bloc ECOWAS suspended the country from its membership.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>UN chief Ant&oacute;nio Guterres continues to follow developments in Burkina Faso, his deputy spokesperson, Farhan Haq, told journalists in New York.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Appeal for calm&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The Secretary-General continues to call for calm, the release of President Kabor&eacute; and other officials that have been detained as well as for a return to constitutional order in Burkina Faso,&rdquo; he&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sg\/en\/content\/noon-briefing-highlight\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Secretary-General has taken note of the ECOWAS decision, and its plans to deploy a mission of regional chiefs of staff to Burkina Faso on Saturday, followed by a Ministerial delegation next week.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Annadif will also join the Ministerial mission along with the President of the ECOWAS Commission and the Foreign Minister of Ghana. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>An ECOWAS summit is scheduled in Ghana&rsquo;s capital, Accra, on 3 February, to further discuss the situation in Burkina Faso.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, Mr. Annadif, took part in the special virtual summit on the crisis, organized by the 15-member bloc.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>He reiterated UN condemnation of unconstitutional changes of power and called for a swift and unconditional return to constitutional order, according to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UN_UNOWAS\/status\/1487071284576018439?s=20&amp;t=iLBDEQL_CHpEUWUsOjWH_w\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a tweet<\/a>&nbsp;from his office.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><i>Distributed by APO Group on behalf of United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG).<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/\">Source: Africa Newsroom &#8211; 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