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

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

In Burkina Faso, Boukari Ouédraogo, an Ouagadougou blogger, is convinced of the added value of sports for his country's economy.

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.

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.

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.

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,

It was the desire to redress that, at best, unfair situation that on several occasions at Harare in 1997, Ouagodougou in 1998 and, most recently, at Abuja and Sirte led African heads of State to reaffirm the need to right that historical wrong.

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.

Acting on instructions from the Government of Burkina Faso, I have the honour to forward herewith, a copy of the report of the national seminar on the implementation of the universal instruments to combat terrorism, transnational organized crime and corruption (see annex).