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Nairobi, 18 September 2020 – The Great Lakes region has made great strides towards achieving peace, security and stability in the past two years.
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Special Envoy Huang Xia (L) meets Guillaume Manjolo (C), DRC Minister of International Cooperation, Regional Integration and the Francophony.
Special Envoy Huang Xia (3rd from R); Vincent Biruta, Rwanda’s minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (3rd from L); Fodé Ndiaye, UN Resident Coordinator for Rwanda (2nd from R); and their respective delegations
A woman casts her vote at a polling station in Kenya.
Denise Nyakeru Tshisekedi, First Lady of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, addressing the roundtable on the prevention of violence against women in the Great Lakes region.
Participants listening to the UN Special Envoy for the Great Lakes region, Huang Xia (with glasses on the right-bottom), during the 12th session of the Advisory Board for Women, Peace and Security in the Great Lakes region.
The Special Envoy of the United Nations Secretary-General for the Great Lakes region, Huang Xia, briefed the Security Council members on the latest developments in the Great Lakes region and the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact in the region