Nairobi (Kenya), 15 March 2017 - The Office of the Special Envoy of the United Nations Secretary-General for the Great Lakes region in Africa today marked a moment of silence in solidarity with the Syrian people who are suffering as a result of the six-year-old war in the country
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The Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for the Great Lakes region of Africa, Said Djinnit, and his staff mark a moment of silence in solidary with the People of Syria.


From left to right: Siri Walt (Swiss Ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Congo); Tatiana Carayannis (Conflict Prevention and Peace Forum); Said Djinnit (UN Special Envoy for the Great Lakes region); Ralf Heckner (Swiss Ambassador for Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda and Somalia); Mamadou Diallo (Deputy Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for the DRC); and Laurence Wohlers (United States Special Representative for the Great Lakes Region of Africa) (Ph. Penangnini Toure)


Participants at the Global Open Day event in Goma, eastern DRC, 31 January 2017 (Ph. MONUSCO/Alain Wandimoyi Kyalemaninwa)


Meeting with South Sudanese ex-combatants at Munigi Camp, eastern DRC, 12 January 2017 (Photo: MONUSCO/Myriam Asmani)