Abidjan Ouagadougou Niamey, Lomé Ouagadougou Niamey, Tema Ouagadougou Bamako, Cotonou Niamey, Tema Ouagadougou Niamey, Bamako Dakar Banjul Bissau, Abidjan Bamako and Abidjan Accra Lomé Cotonou Lagos corridors have been selected as part of the Regional Facilitation Programme.

Date and place of birth 31 October 1964, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

In particular, the Programme covers rehabilitation of the Bamako Ouagadougou Accra corridor and road transport and transit facilitation measures along the Bamako Ouagadougou Accra and Niamey Ouagadougou Accra corridors for the purpose of providing Burkina Faso, Mali and the Niger with access to the sea through the ports of Ghana.

Organisation of an international science camp for young girls at Ouagadougou 2002

Creation of a UNESCO Chair Women, Sciences and Development at the University of Ouagadougou December 2003

Creation of a UNESCO Chair Women, Sciences and Development at the University of Ouagadougou December 2003

Results Declaration and Plan of action of Ouagadougou, discussed at the World Conference on Science (Budapest, July 1999).

An ASYCUDA Regional Centre was established in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, to provide support to the user countries of the subregion.

The workshops were organized from February 2005 by relevant subregional organizations in Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso), Douala (Cameroon) and Addis Ababa (Ethiopia).

The UNESCO Chair Women, sciences and development , created at the University of Ouagadougou (December 2003), covers Burkina Faso, Togo, Mali, Nigeria and Côte d'Ivoire.

Taking note of the statement of thirteen women Ministers for Foreign Affairs concerning the worldwide threat of the human immunodeficiency virus acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV AIDS), issued on 12 September 2000A 55 394, annex. and the Ouagadougou Declaration adopted at the fifth Pan African Conference of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, which was held at Ouagadougou from 21 to 25 September 2000,A 55 480, annex.

The ASYCUDA regional support centre for western Africa in Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso) is staffed with both international and local experts who undertake multiple support missions in the region.

In that context, missions have been undertaken to Abuja, Addis Ababa, Bamako, Cairo, Dar es Salaam and Ouagadougou and the Institute is now ensuring appropriate follow up to those missions.

Taking note also of the Declaration on Employment and Poverty Alleviation in Africa adopted at the extraordinary summit meeting of the African Union on employment and poverty alleviation in Africa, held in Ouagadougou from 3 to 9 September 2004,

Welcomes the decision taken by the Board of Governors of IDB at its 27th Meeting held in Ouagadougou in October 2002 to establish a special assistance programme for Africa in implementation of the New African Partnership Development Programe (NEPAD).

At the Fifteenth Meeting of Heads of National Drug Law Enforcement Agencies, Africa, held in Ouagadougou from 29 March to 1 April 2005, the Institute made useful contacts with various authorities for the development and implementation of bilateral and regional proposals.

It also expressed its appreciation to the Government of Burkina Faso, the OIC General Secretariat, IDB and ICDT for successfully organizing the Forum on Energizing Trade and Investment in the Cotton Sector of OIC Member States on 18 19 April, 2005 in Ouagadougou.

Expresses its appreciation to the Government of Burkina Faso, the OIC General Secretariat, the IDB and ICDT for successfully organising the Forum on Energizing Trade and Investment in the Cotton Sector of OIC Member States , in Ouagadougou, on 18 19 April 2005.

Burkina Faso stated that it had signed agreements on mutual legal assistance, including extradition, with France (an agreement on judicial cooperation, signed at Paris on 24 April 1961) and Mali (a general convention on cooperation in judicial matters, signed at Ouagadougou on 23 November 1963).

Burkina Faso had unhesitatingly agreed to organize a regional seminar on non proliferation for the members of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in Ouagadougou in February 2004 and had called on the participants to accept IAEA safeguards, as a confidence building measure.

Moreover, it would be useful to include in the ongoing process certain concerned entities such as the Ministry for the Promotion of Human Rights and the Institute for Diplomacy and International Affairs of Ouagadougou that could not officially be invited to the current session for various reasons.

Notes the continuing role of the International Labour Organization in assisting African countries in implementing the Plan of Action for Promotion of Employment and Poverty Alleviation in Africa adopted at the extraordinary summit of the African Union on employment and poverty alleviation, held in Ouagadougou from 3 to 9 September 2004

Notes the continuing role of the International Labour Organization in assisting African countries in implementing the Plan of Action for Promotion of Employment and Poverty Alleviation in Africa adopted at the extraordinary summit of the African Union on employment and poverty alleviation, held in Ouagadougou from 3 to 9 September 2004

Notes the continuing role of the International Labour Organization in assisting African countries in implementing the Plan of Action for Promotion of Employment and Poverty Alleviation in Africa adopted at the extraordinary summit of the African Union on employment and poverty alleviation, held in Ouagadougou from 3 to 9 September 2004

A number of United Nations information centres also undertook activities to promote better public understanding of the Goals, including public service announcements (Bujumbura, Panama City and Ouagadougou), a theatre competition (Teheran), a cross country race against poverty (Yaounde) and media training sessions (United Nations Offices in Almaty, Baku and Yerevan).

In 2005, the Sixth Meeting of Heads of National Drug Law Enforcement Agencies, Europe, was held in Vienna from 7 to 11 February and the Fifteenth Meeting of Heads of National Drug Law Enforcement Agencies, Africa, met in Ouagadougou, from 29 March to 1 April, with three more meetings planned for later in the year.

48. Notes the continuing role of the International Labour Organization in assisting African countries in implementing the Plan of Action for Promotion of Employment and Poverty Alleviation in Africa adopted at the extraordinary summit of the African Union on employment and poverty alleviation, held in Ouagadougou from 3 to 9 September 2004 African Union, document EXT ASSEMBLY AU 4(III)Rev.4.

2. Also takes note of the outcome documents of the Thematic Meeting on Transit Transport Infrastructure Development, held in Ouagadougou from 18 to 20 June 2007,A 62 256 and Corr.1, annexes I and II. and of the Thematic Meeting on International Trade and Trade Facilitation, held in Ulaanbaatar on 30 and 31 August 2007 A C.2 62 4, annexes I and II.

41. Takes note of the Plan of Action for Promotion of Employment and Poverty Alleviation in Africa adopted at the extraordinary summit of the African Union on employment and poverty alleviation, held in Ouagadougou from 3 to 9 September 2004, and notes the continuing role of the International Labour Organization in assisting African countries in implementing the Plan of Action adopted at the summit

42. Takes note of the Plan of Action for Promotion of Employment and Poverty Alleviation in Africa adopted at the extraordinary summit of the African Union on employment and poverty alleviation, held in Ouagadougou from 3 to 9 September 2004,African Union, document EXT ASSEMBLY AU 4 (III) Rev.4. and notes the role of the International Labour Organization in assisting the African countries in implementing the Plan of Action adopted at the summit