By Joyce Remi-Babayeju
The ECOWAS 38th Mediation and Security Council (MSC) at the Ambassadorial level holds on the 16th of June 2023 in Abuja, Nigeria to deliberate on how to create a safer and more stable West African region.
Issues of discussions borders on Transitions, Peace and Security Situation, the operationalization of ECOWAS Standby Force (ESF), the ECOWAS Stabilization Missions, Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing as well as the Humanitarian Situation in the Region including and update on ECOWAS Early Warning System.
In a release from the ECOWAS Commissions office in Abuja made available to Daybreak today, the meeting will visit the Revision of the 2001 Supplementary Protocol on Democracy and Good Governance.
ECOWAS leaders have continuously taken note of the fact that the region is confronted by complex peace, security, and governance challenges while terrorism, armed conflicts, unconstitutional changes in power, and transnational crimes are some of the most urgent factors contributing to state and human insecurity in the region.
These threats have multifaceted consequences in member states and the region at large. The MSC Ambassadorial is a preparatory meeting for the subsequent statutory assemblages of ECOWAS, the release stated.
