Informal Expert Group on Women and Peace and Security: Summary of the meeting on the Lake Chad basin crisis, 27 February 2017

On 27 February, the Informal Expert Group on Women and Peace and Security held its first meeting of 2017 to discuss the Lake Chad basin crisis, ahead of the five-day visiting mission by the Security Council to Cameroon, Chad, the Niger and Nigeria. The members received a briefing from the United Nations Resident Coordinator and Humanitarian Coordinator for Nigeria and representatives of the United Nations country team, the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel and the United Nations Regional Office for Central Africa.