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Sweeping preventative measures seem to be curbing the spread of COVID-19 in the Great Lakes region of Africa, but the economic impact of the global pandemic threatens hard-won gains made along the long road back to peace and stability, the Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for the region said on
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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
UN Special Envoy for the Great Lakes region Huang Xia (second from right) and ICGLR Executive Secretary Zachary Muburi Muita (far left) attending the videoconference along with the Chief of Staff in the Office of the Special Envoy for the Great Lakes, Aniefiok Johnson (second from left), and the Director of Political Affairs, Donata Garrasi (far right)
The Office of the UN Special Envoy for the Great Lakes organized the 7th Political Coordination meeting in Nairobi on 5-6 March (UN Photo/Penangnini Toure)
Senior Gender Advisor Nene Bah, middle, from the Office of the Special Envoy for the Secretary General for the Great Lakes region meeting with Burundian women in Bujumbura, Burundi
The UN Special Envoy for the Great Lakes, Huang Xia, and his delegation, meeting Emirati officials
Mr Huang Xia's Office is supporting the organization of two strategic actions in the Great Lakes region, namely the Great Lakes Investment and Trade Conference in March and a meeting of Heads of State of the Regional Oversight Mechanism for the Framework agreement planned this year in Kinshasa. (UN Photo/Penangnini Toure)
26th meeting of the Technical Support Committee, Nairobi, 3-4 February, 2020 where delegates discussed non-military measures to rein in negative forces in eastern DRC (UN Photo/Penangnini Toure)
Huang Xia addressing a group of African diplomats and Chinese private investors in Beijing during a roadshow organized for the Great Lakes Investment and Trade Conference in Africa’s Great Lakes region