Office of the Special Envoy for the Great Lakes

Security experts from the Great Lakes advocate non-military measures to tackle negative forces in eastern DRC

Nairobi, 5 February 2020 – Chiefs of intelligence and security services from the Great Lakes region met in Nairobi, Kenya, on 3 February 2020, to review the security situation in the region, and to make recommendations on the way forward concerning the neutralization of negative

06 Feb 2020

China Chamber of Commerce mobilises participants for investment conference in Africa’s Great Lakes

Beijing, 18 December 2019 - At least 140 participants from the private sector have attended an outreach event in Beijing organised by the Office of the United Nations Special Envoy for the Great Lakes region to promote and raise awareness about the forthcoming investment and trad

18 Dec 2019

Special Envoy Huang Xia undertakes China trip to promote upcoming trade conference in Great Lakes

Hangzhou (China), 16 December 2019 - The Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for the Great Lakes Region, Huang Xia, has concluded his visit to Hangzhou, China, as part of his mission to promote and raise awareness about the forthcoming Great Lakes Investment and Trade Conferen

16 Dec 2019

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UN Special Envoy for the Great Lakes discusses development and cooperation in the region with Ugandan President

Entebbe (Uganda), 18 February 2020 - The United Nations Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for the Great Lakes, Huang Xia, met with Ugandan President, Yoweri Museveni, at the country’s State House in Entebbe on 18 February to discuss strategies on how to boost greater develop

19 Feb 2020

Great Lakes region countries meet in Nairobi, set the stage for the Regional Oversight Mechanism summit in Kinshasa, DRC

Nairobi, 5 February 2020 - Repatriation of disarmed foreign combatants and security dominated the agenda of the Technical Support Committee meeting of the forthcoming Regional Oversight Mechanism of the Peace, Security and Cooperation Framework for the Democratic Republic of Cong

06 Feb 2020