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Africa’s Great Lakes leaders meet in Kampala to assess progress in their efforts to build peace and...
Outstanding Issues Must Be Resolved Before D.R. Congo Elections, Said Djinnit Tells Security...
Silencing the guns in Africa by 2020
Progress in the repatriation process of ex-combatants in the great lakes region: 27 repatriated in...
Peace and security in the Great Lakes region: what the experts say
United Nations, African Union and International Conference on the Great Lakes Region in partnership...
21st meeting of the Technical Support Committee of the Regional Oversight Mechanism of the Peace,...
Concrete steps underway for the repatriation of ex-combatants in the Great Lakes region
UN, ICGLR and regional partners of the private sector meet in Nairobi, to pave the way for the...
The Great Lakes Judicial Cooperation Network meets in Dar es Salaam, TZ, to better coordinate...

Outstanding Issues Must Be Resolved Before D.R. Congo Elections, Said Djinnit Tells Security Council [A report from the UN Security Council]

New York, 11 October 2018 - Said Djinnit, Special Envoy for the Great Lakes, presented the recent report of the Secretary General on implementation of the Peace, Security and Cooperation Framework for the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the region (document S/2018/882) cover

15 Oct 2018

Silencing the guns in Africa by 2020

Addis Ababa (Ethiopia), 12 October 2018 – Said Djinnit, United Nations Special Envoy for the Great Lakes region, attended a high-level workshop on “Silencing the Guns in Africa by 2020” organized by the African Union (AU) on 11-12 October 2018 in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa

15 Oct 2018

Africa’s Great Lakes leaders meet in Kampala to assess progress in their efforts to build peace and security in the region, as well as bring confidence among neighbouring countries

Kampala (Uganda), 8 October 2018 - The heads of State and Government of the signatory countries of the Peace, Security and Cooperation Framework for the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and the region held their 9th high-level meeting of the Regional Oversight Me

08 Oct 2018

Progress in the repatriation process of ex-combatants in the great lakes region: 27 repatriated in total

In the second week of September 2018, five new elements of the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) signed up for voluntary repatriation from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) where they have been cantoned over the years since the 1994 genocide, to Rwanda, their country

27 Sep 2018

Peace and security in the Great Lakes region: what the experts say

Four experts met in Nairobi on 3 September with the Office of the Special Envoy for the Great Lakes to reflect on the evolution of the political and security situation in the Great Lakes region and discuss how the Office of the Special Envoy and other partners can best respond to the existing ten

27 Sep 2018

Africa’s Great Lakes leaders meet in Kampala to assess progress in their efforts to build peace and security in the region, as well as bring confidence among neighbouring countries

Kampala (Uganda), 8 October 2018 - The heads of State and Government of the signatory countries of the Peace, Security and Cooperation Framework for the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and the region held their 9th high-level meeting of the Regional Oversight Me

08 Oct 2018

Outstanding Issues Must Be Resolved Before D.R. Congo Elections, Said Djinnit Tells Security Council [A report from the UN Security Council]

New York, 11 October 2018 - Said Djinnit, Special Envoy for the Great Lakes, presented the recent report of the Secretary General on implementation of the Peace, Security and Cooperation Framework for the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the region (document S/2018/882) cover

15 Oct 2018

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