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Mr. Huang Xia of the People’s Republic of China - Special Envoy for the Great Lakes Region United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres announced today the appointment of Huang Xia of the People’s Republic of China as…
Nairobi, 17 December 2018 Biannual Partners’ meeting with Special Envoy Said Djinnit The biannual Partners’ meeting was opened by Said Djinnit, the Special Envoy of the United Nations Secretary-General for the Great Lakes…
Kigali (Rwanda), 27 November 2018 - The eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is one of the regions of Africa that continues to suffer from recurring cycles of violence and insecurity, negatively impacting on…
Issues of gender, peace and security in the Great Lakes region at the centre of discussions in Entebbe, Uganda Entebbe (Uganda), 23 November 2018 - Ministers of Gender of the Great Lakes region met today in Entebbe, Uganda…
Key actors in the Great Lakes region meet to discuss new initiatives to quell armed groups in the region Entebbe (Uganda), 20 November 2018 – Representatives from the United Nations (UN), the African Union (AU), the…
Third meeting of the Great Lakes Judicial Cooperation Network Kampala, 13 November 2018 - The International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR), the Office of the United Nations Special Envoy for the Great Lakes…
Third meeting of the Great Lakes Judicial Cooperation Network Kampala, 13 November 2018 - The International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR), the Office of the United Nations Special Envoy for the Great Lakes…
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…
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…
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 9 th…
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…
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…