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Delegate of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Nairobi, Kenya. UN Photo/Aaron Kakunza
Nairobi, 11 September 2019 - The 25th meeting of the Technical Support Committee of the Peace, Security and Cooperation Framework agreement for the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and the Great Lakes region took place in
Participant at the meeting of Civil Society Organizations and Regional FORA. Photo: UN/Penangnini Toure
Nairobi, 8 September 2019 – United Nations Special Envoy for the Great Lakes region, Huang Xia, addressed a meeting of civil societ
Meeting between Michel Kafando, UN Special Envoy to Burundi (right), and Huang Xia, UN Special Envoy for the Great Lakes region, Nairobi, Kenya, 26 August 2019. Photo: UN/Penangnini Toure
Nairobi, 26 August 2019 - Michel Kafando, UN Special Envoy to Burundi who visited Nairobi on 26 August, met with Huang Xia, his counterpart for the Great Lakes to discuss the political and security situation in the region and, especially in Burundi.
Co-chairs of the 24th Technical Support Committee meeting on 16-17 July 2019 (from left to right: Franck Okuthe of the ICGLR, Huang Xia of the UN, and Gonzague-Patrick H. Balagizi of the AU). Photo: UN/Aaron Kakunza
Nairobi, 17 July 2019 - The 24th meeting of the Technical Support Committee of the Peace, Security and Cooperation Framework agreement for the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and the Great Lakes region took place in Nairobi, Kenya, on 16-17 July.
Catherine Samba-Panza (Dr.), former transitional head of state of the Central African Republic, and Chantal Safu Lopusa, Minister for Gender, Children and the Family
Nairobi, 11 June 2019 – A consortium of women leaders of the Great Lakes region, known as the Women's Platform for the Peace, Security and Cooperation Framework for the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Region, has just completed two back-to-back missions in the region, th
Nairobi (KENYA), 15 May 2019 - Fighting impunity and promoting human rights and justice is at the core of the commitments that leaders of the Great Lakes region included in the International
Special Envoy Huang Xia addresses the media following his meeting with Claude Ibalanky (l), head of the National Oversight Mechanism of the Addis Ababa Framework Agreement.
Kinshasa (DRC), 16 April 2019 - The United Nations Special Envoy for the Great Lakes Region, Huang Xia, visited the Democr
Brazzaville (Rep. of Congo), 5 April 2019 – Judicial experts under the umbrella of the Great Lakes Judicial Cooperation Network met in Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo, on 4-5 April 2019.
UN Envoy for Great Lakes region Huang Xia takes office following his appointment in January this year
Nairobi, 2 April 2019 – The newly-appointed United Nations Special Envoy for the Great Lakes region, Huang Xia, took office on 1 March 2019. The UN Secretary-General appointed Mr. Xia of the People’s Republic of China on 22 January 2019 to succeed Said Djinnit.
New York, 26 March 2019 – Said Djinnit, the outgoing United Nations Special Envoy for the Great Lakes region on 26 March made his last presentation to the Security Council on the situation in the Great Lakes region.