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Gaborone, Botswana, 8 October 2025 - At the initiative of Mr. Huang Xia, Special Envoy of the United Nations Secretary-General for the Great Lakes region, a high-level workshop on “Enhancing the ICGLR Regional Certification…
To mark the 30th anniversary of the World Programme of Action for Youth, commemorated on 25 September 2025 during the high-level plenary meeting of the UN General Assembly, the Office of the Special Envoy of the Secretary…
Lomé, Togo, 4 August 2025 – Mr. Huang Xia, United Nations Special Envoy for the Great Lakes region, met with President Faure Gnassingbé of Togo in his capacity as African Union (AU) mediator for the crisis in eastern…
The Great Lakes region can be proud of its cultural and human diversity, including its abundant natural resources. The interconnected diversity of this region is one of the foundations of its immense potential for sustainable…
Kampala, Uganda – On 28 May 2025, Heads of State and Government from the signatory countries of the 2013 Addis Ababa Peace, Security, and Cooperation (PSC) Framework for the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and the…
The Office of the Special Envoy for the Great Lakes, UN Women and other partners facilitated a technical-level working group meeting in Nairobi, Kenya, on 2 and 3 April 2025, to support the inclusion of gender and civil…
President Évariste Ndayishimiye of Burundi, in his capacity as the current Chairperson of the Peace, Security and Cooperation Framework for the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and the Region (PSC-Framework) convened a…
Kampala (Uganda), 27 November 2023 - The Office of the Special Envoy for the Great Lakes, in collaboration with the Regional Training Facility of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR), hosted an event…
Kampala (Uganda), 12 December 2023 – The Senior Policy Group (SPG) of United Nations presences in the Great Lakes region met in Kampala, Uganda, on 11-12 December 2023 to review progress in the implementation of the Regional…
The Office of the Special Envoy for the Great Lakes region in collaboration with the African Union (AU) organized a regional retreat to assess the impact of the Peace, Security and Cooperation (PSC) Framework for the…
Source: UN News New York, 17 October 2023 - The UN Special Envoy for Africa’s Great Lakes region, appealed to the international community on Tuesday for increased support in resolving the escalating hostilities in eastern…
The Office of the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for the Great Lakes region convened a workshop on strategic minerals in Zambia’s capital, Lusaka, on 8-10 August 2023. Organized in partnership with the International…