Angola: ICGLR Ministers in Luanda for 10th Inter-Ministerial Committee Meeting

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Luanda, 10 March 2015 - The Foreign ministers of Burundi, Uganda, South Sudan and Zambia, respectively Kavakure Laurent, AssumaniKiyigi, BarnabaMarialBenjamim and Rayford Mbulu, are since Sunday in Luanda to attend the 10th Ordinary Meeting of the Inter-ministerial Regional Committee of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR), taking place on Tuesday and Wednesday.

At Luanda's "4 de Fevereiro International Airport, the diplomats were welcomed by senior officials of the Angolan Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

It is also scheduled the arrival of the Tanzania minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, MahadhiJumaMaalim and the special envoy of the UN secretary general to the Great Lakes Region, Said Djinnit.

The Ordinary Meeting of the Inter-ministerial Regional Committee if the International Conference of the Great Lakes Region is going to discuss, among others, the reinforcement of the regional and international cooperation, as well as the humanitarian and security situation.

The International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) is an inter-governmental organization of the countries in the African Great Lakes Region. Its establishment was based on the recognition that political instability and conflicts in these countries have a considerable regional dimension and thus require a concerted effort in order to promote sustainable peace and development. Most notable among the conflicts that have had cross-border impacts or origins are the 1994 Rwandan genocide that led to the loss of more than 800,000 lives, and the political instability in DRC. These conflicts constituted a major threat to international peace and security.

The organization is composed of twelve member states, namely: Angola, Burundi, Central African Republic, Republic of Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Republic of South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania and Zambia.

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