1. The Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Defence of Benin, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Chad, Niger and Nigeria, as well as representatives of Canada, China, France, the United States of America, Germany, the United Kingdom, Spain, the United Nations, the European Union (EU), the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), the African Union (AU), the Lake Chad Basin Commission (LCBC) and Community of Sahelo-Saharan States (CENSAD) met in Niamey, Niger, on 20 January 2015, under the chairmanship of Honorable Minister Mohamed Bazoum, Minister of State, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Cooperation, African Integration and Nigeriens living abroad, to consider the implementation of the decisions and commitments made at the Paris, London and Abuja Conferences within the framework of the fight against Boko Haram.
2. Participants were briefed by the Nigerian authorities on the situation prevailing in their country and on the status of implementation of the Conclusions of the Abuja meeting, held on 3 September 2014.
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