Progress towards the United Nations integrated strategy for the Sahel: Report of the Secretary-General (S/2014/397)

I. Introduction

1. The present report is submitted pursuant to Security Council resolution 2056 (2012) of 5 July 2012, in which the Council requested me to develop and implement, in consultation with regional organizations, a United Nations integrated strategy for the Sahel region, encompassing security, governance, development, human rights and humanitarian issues. It is also submitted pursuant to the statement by the President of the Security Council dated 16 July 2013 (S/PRST/2013/10), in which I was requested to submit a report on progress made towards the implementation of the United Nations integrated strategy for the Sahel by no later than 30 June 2014. In the same statement, the Council requested the United Nations to establish an effective and detailed coordination mechanism for the implementation of the integrated strategy.

2. The present report summarizes the main developments in the region from 1 July 2013 to 30 May 2014, and provides an update on the status of implementation of the three pillars of the integrated strategy, namely, governance, security and resilience. It also provides a brief update on other regional initiatives and summarizes the