UNIOGBIS
United Nations Integrated Peacebuilding Office in Guinea-Bissau

Closure of UNIOGBIS

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).

UNIOGBIS 2010 Mandate

(a) Assisting the Peacebuilding Commission in its multidimensional engagement with Guinea-Bissau;

(b) Strengthening the capacity of national institutions in order to maintain constitutional order and full respect for the rule of law;

(c) Supporting national authorities to establish effective and efficient law enforcement and criminal justice systems;

(d) Supporting an inclusive political dialogue and a national reconciliation process as an institutionalized peace consolidation framework;

(e) Providing strategic and technical support and assistance in developing ad coordinating the implementation of the security sector reform strategy;

(f) Assisting national authorities to combat human trafficking, especially child trafficking, drug trafficking and organized crime;

(g) Undertaking human rights promotion, protection and monitoring activities and supporting the institutionalization of respect for the rule of law;

(h) Mainstreaming a gender perspective into peacebuilding, in line with Security Council resolutions 1325 (2000) and 1820 (2008);

(i) Facilitating national efforts to curb the proliferation of small arms and light weapons;

(j) Enhancing cooperation with the African Union, ECOWAS, CPLP, theEuropean Union and other partners in efforts to contribute to the stabilization of Guinea-Bissau;

(k) Helping in the mobilization of international assistance.

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